![]() Lucy should have arrived by now, but she hasn't.We can also use this to talk about something that would have happened if everything was fine, but hasn't happened. John should have finished work by now (= if everything is normal, John has finished work).His plane should have arrived by now (= if everything is fine, the plane has arrived).But we're not certain that everything is fine, so we use 'should have' and not the present perfect or past simple. John should have left early, then he wouldn't have missed the plane (= but he didn't leave early and so he did miss the plane).Ģ: We can also use should have + past participle to talk about something that, if everything is normal and okay, we think has already happened. ![]() You should have called me when you arrived (= you didn't call me and I was worried.I shouldn't have eaten so much cake! (= I did eat a lot of cake and now I don't feel good.). ![]()
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