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hirashin

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Dear native English speakers,
would you check my sentences with auxiliaries?

1 He might come here tomorrow. (mightはmay より可能性が低い感じだが、大差はない)
2 He might have come here yesterday. (このcome は過去分詞形。have come は過去の意味を表す)

問2 次の文を日本語に訳しなさい。
①You should have come here earlier. (比較級の訳し方に注意)

②You might have told me about that. (You may have told でもほぼ同じ意味)

③Mike's (= Mike is) on vacation. He must have done all his jobs.

④This castle may have been much taller. (castle = 城)

⑤You can't have been driving carefully.

⑥It's already midnight. I must have been sleeping for an hour.


問3 次の文を、( )の条件で英語に訳しなさい。動詞や形容詞などは適切な形に変えること。
①メアリーはもう家を出たかもしれない。 (leave, alreadyを用いて6語)
Mary may/might have already left home.
Mary may/might have left home already.

②君はあの車にひかれていたかもしれないよ。(could, be hit を用いて8語)
You could have been hit by that car.

③彼女がそんなことを言ったはずがない。 (such, thing を用いて7語)
She can't have said such a thing.
She couldn't have said such a thing.

④あの男性は一流大学を出ているに違いない。(graduate, top university を用いて9語)
That man must have graduated from a top university.

⑤君はそれをもっと早く私に言うべきだった。 (tell, about it, early を用いて8語)
You should have told me about it earlier.

⑥ジェーンはその電車に乗り遅れたのかもしれない。 (miss を用いて6語)
Jane may/might have missed the train.

That's all.

Hirashin
 
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Thanks for the help, mdchachi. I'm not really sure what the difference between "job" and "work" is.
Do you also say "He must have done all his tasks"?
 
Yes. Tasks is good.
You can see the various definitions here:
Job | Definition of Job by Merriam-Webster
For somebody that has a job (employment), I wouldn't usually refer to their work responsibilities (tasks) as jobs. Especially for a salary-man type of office job where the work is continuous.
If it's something more like construction or repair work then each unit of work itself is often called a job. For example, a plumber might say "I finished all my jobs by 3pm today."
But an office worker or professional wouldn't normally say that. For example a travel agent who makes flight or hotel bookings might say "I finished all my work by 3pm today."
 
Thanks for the explanation and the link, mdchachi.

I'd like to ask a question about the sentence below.
②You might have told me about that.

Is this a comment to blame the other person? What's the difference between this one and
"You should have told me about that" or "You ought to have told me about that"?
 
"You might have told me about that" is neutral. I don't think there is blame, just the speaker is unsure (doesn't remember).
The other two place the blame on the other person. Here's a dialog:
A-san> You should have told me about that.
B-san> I'm pretty sure I did, when we were in the break room.
A-san> Oh? ... I don't remember. You might have told me about that...
 
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