Trick of the trade, page 9
Added 2020-04-22 16:00:04 +0000 UTCOk, English speakers, please explain me, did I mess up in "couldn't you've warned me in advance" or not?
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i think we could have "should" in place of "could", that not incorrect too as this: "shouldn't you've warned me in advance?"
statisbac
2025-02-04 11:53:42 +0000 UTCImagine watching that process...
Droid007
2020-08-10 11:26:46 +0000 UTCfeels wrong. Maybe it's the double V W - it's hard to pronounce in this form. Surprisingly, I find it much easier to pronounce if you go for the full "have" form. No idea if it breaks some language rule, but I don't think it's something anyone would try to say aloud willingly
huan
2020-04-23 07:46:56 +0000 UTCin conversation, "couldn't you have warned me in advance" is OK, but "couldn't you've warned me in advance" is rarely spoken. "You could have warned me in advance" is most common
kahlan
2020-04-23 01:23:33 +0000 UTCOk, so it's not a grammatical error, but error in the way people talk, right?
VanSchalk
2020-04-22 21:27:06 +0000 UTC"you could have (could've) warned me in advance"
Murphy_Byzantine
2020-04-22 16:22:00 +0000 UTC
