might | should + have + past participle – English Grammar Profiler

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5 MIGHT HAVE NOTICED

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The thing you might have noticed about those little blue dots is that a lot of them are in the middle of the ocean.

6 MIGHT HAVE SEEN 6136 7 MIGHT HAVE MADE 5866 8 SHOULD HAVE SAID 5760 9 MIGHT HAVE MISSED 5723 10 SHOULD HAVE SEEN 5259

11 MIGHT HAVE HEARD 5006

12 SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED 4276

13 MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT 4265

14 MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED 3940

In my opinion, I think it might have happened because the earth comes up and down.

PELIC STUDENT: Arabic, Male, Level 4, grammar class

15 MIGHT HAVE GONE 3858 16 SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN 3565 17 MIGHT HAVE TAKEN 3495 18 SHOULD HAVE WON 3443 19 MIGHT HAVE COME 3400 20 SHOULD HAVE USED 3394 21 MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN 3220 22 MIGHT HAVE GUESSED 3040 23 SHOULD HAVE GIVEN 2886 24 SHOULD HAVE PUT 2854 25 MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED 2808 26 SHOULD HAVE READ 2743 27 MIGHT HAVE FOUND 2717 28 SHOULD HAVE COME 2679 29 SHOULD HAVE ASKED 2598 30 SHOULD HAVE TOLD 2559 31 MIGHT HAVE SAID 2557 32 SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT 2540 33 SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED 2458 34 MIGHT HAVE CAUSED 2443 35 MIGHT HAVE CHANGED 2364 36 SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT 2282 37 SHOULD HAVE LEFT 2181 38 SHOULD HAVE KEPT 2150 39 MIGHT HAVE HELPED 2148 40 SHOULD HAVE STAYED 2077 41 MIGHT HAVE LOOKED 1958 42 MIGHT HAVE USED 1944 43 SHOULD HAVE GOT 1923 44 SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED 1919 45 SHOULD HAVE STARTED 1910 46 MIGHT HAVE GIVEN 1838 47 MIGHT HAVE WORKED 1724 48 MIGHT HAVE SEEMED 1679 49 SHOULD HAVE CALLED 1675 50 SHOULD HAVE ADDED 1665 51 SHOULD HAVE PAID 1566 52 MIGHT HAVE FELT 1537 53 MIGHT HAVE LOST 1535 54 SHOULD HAVE STOPPED 1504 55 MIGHT HAVE GOT 1499 56 SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED 1484 57 SHOULD HAVE LEARNED 1470 58 SHOULD HAVE LOOKED 1423 59 MIGHT HAVE BECOME 1373 60 SHOULD HAVE WAITED 1353 61 MIGHT HAVE SAVED 1310 62 SHOULD HAVE LISTENED 1279 63 SHOULD HAVE CHECKED 1250 64 MIGHT HAVE PLAYED 1247 65 SHOULD HAVE TRIED 1210 66 MIGHT HAVE LED 1205 67 SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED 1179 68 MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED 1148 69 MIGHT HAVE LEFT 1141 70 MIGHT HAVE READ 1140 71 SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT 1134 72 MIGHT HAVE PUT 1094 73 SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN 1094 74 SHOULD HAVE ENDED 1081 75 MIGHT HAVE STARTED 1079 76 SHOULD HAVE LET 1075 77 SHOULD HAVE WORKED 1035 78 MIGHT HAVE TURNED 1020 79 MIGHT HAVE ENDED 1015 80 SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED 1013 81 MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN 989 82 MIGHT HAVE WANTED 953 83 SHOULD HAVE REALIZED 941 84 SHOULD HAVE FOUND 935 85 MIGHT HAVE WON 923 86 SHOULD HAVE SENT 904 87 MIGHT HAVE HOPED 901 88 MIGHT HAVE KNOWN 897 89 MIGHT HAVE TRIED 893 90 SHOULD HAVE STUCK 886 91 SHOULD HAVE DIED 885 92 SHOULD HAVE SPENT 852 93 MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED 843 94 SHOULD HAVE PLAYED 834 95 MIGHT HAVE ADDED 819 96 SHOULD HAVE NOTICED 805 97 SHOULD HAVE PICKED 795 98 SHOULD HAVE SCORED 795 99 MIGHT HAVE WRITTEN 790

100 MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED 77

*We believe being able to modify this B1 structure with adverbs in either of the possible mid positions is B2 at least.  So we do a search in the NOW corpus for:

might|should have _RR _V

1 MIGHT HAVE EVEN CAUGHT 2358 2 SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN 1418 3 SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED 663 4 MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN 571 5 SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN 551 6 MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN 336 7 SHOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN 332 8 MIGHT HAVE ALSO BEEN 332 9 MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN 306

10 MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN 265

We get AI to complete the above:

  1. I might have even caught a glimpse of her at the party last night.
  2. They should have never been given access to classified information.
  3. The accident should have never happened if the driver had been more cautious.
  4. It might have just been a figment of my imagination.
  5. The report should have already been submitted by now.
  6. The outcome might have otherwise been disastrous if we hadn’t intervened.
  7. The new policy should have also been communicated to all employees.
  8. It might have also been a misunderstanding on his part.
  9. The package might have already been delivered to your doorstep.
  10. That opportunity might have even been the turning point in his career.

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