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Viscount Economic_Hitman | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @24a86ece Yes! That's what I thought when I asked the question. I still feel like "must have" is an improvement, but I think Warren's intent was similar to what you meant in the second case, like a hypothetical scenario. The former case could be interpreted as deductive reasoning.

https://iv.nboeck.de/watch?v=zOM9GV_7MpU&t=3594
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3287c876 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5871b4b8 these forms of chains of could/should/would and had/have get into very complicated forms of subtle changes to the meaning. even though I instinctively knew the slight difference in implied meaning, I still struggled a bit in my attempt to make the comparison using other words. I'm glad it seems to have come through :)