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   mark lewis to alexander koryagin   
   a question with "could"   
   24 Mar 15 08:59:18   
   
    On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, alexander koryagin wrote to All:   
      
    ak> There is a question like this:   
      
    ak> Second, how could he has said the silly words about a broken TV   
    ak> set?    
      
    ak> I have a feeling that "how could he HAVE said..." is more correct,   
    ak> but I cannot find the rule.   
      
   you are correct... "have" is the proper one to use in this case... i'm not   
   sure of the rule, though...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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