Name: Should Have vs Could Have vs Would Have - Basic English Grammar
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T02:04:28.000Z
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Hi everybody, welcome back to Ask Alisha, the weekly series where you ask me questions

Meizzhan says, Hi Alisha, what's the difference between picture, image, and photo?

When you use a camera, you can say photo or picture.

So, image can refer, yes, to a picture or to a photo, though it does sound more like

Generally speaking, image is used to refer to a depiction or a representation of something

So that means it could be like, a painting.

This is an image of a person on a boat, for example.

So image is a depiction; a representation of something.

So that means it can be physical and it can also be in your mind.

Like, a mental picture of something--we could also call that an image.

We have an image of something in our heads.

Or, I have a really good image of that person.

Okay, let's move on to your next question.

Next question comes from Her Line Bieber.

Hi Alisha, I want to know if I speak in British English in America, will Amerians understand

There should be no reason why an American English speaker should not understand a British

Alejandro says, Hi Alisha, I have a question.

What's the meaning of the expression "much obligated," and how can I use this?

We do have the expression "much obliged."

Um, which is like "thank you very much for helping me and I owe you for this."

So, if someone does something for you, you can say "much obliged."

It sounds rather formal, and for some people perhaps a little bit old fashioned, actually.

You could use it at like the end of an email, for example.

Thanks very much for the files; much obliged.

Next question comes from Fabrizzio Sanchez.

Fabrizzio says, can you explain the differences between should have, could have, would have,

Yes, but a proper answer is much bigger than just this Q&A video, so here's a quick, short

Should have is used to talk about things we wish we had done in the past, or we wish we

I should have studied more when I was a student.

I shouldn't have had so much to drink last night.

So, we often have this kind of feeling of regret when we use should have or should not

Could have refers to something that was possible in the past, or impossible in the past.

I could have finished work at 6 today if my boss hadn't given me a last-minute task.

So, "could not have been Davey" in that situation means it's impossible for that to have been

Uh, would have and would not have refers to a future action in the past.

We are imagining ourselves as like in the past, thinking about our future activities.

I would have gone to the concert, but I had to work.

I wouldn't have quit my job if I were you.

So I'll try to make a whiteboard video about this in the future.

Let's move on to your next question for this week.

How do I use the word "wanting" in a sentence, and what does it mean?

So we tend not to use mental state or emotional state verbs in anything other than the present

We tend not to use "want" in the progressive tense, but in a situation like "I have been

wanting," where we're talking about desiring something over a period of time that started

in the past and continues to the present, we can use "wanting."

I've been wanting to see that movie for a long time.

Or, she's been wanting to take a vacation for a long time.

Or like, I've been wanting to eat that dessert for a long time.

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Should Have vs Could Have vs Would Have - Basic English Grammar

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