What does I could have mean?

What does I could have mean?

Could have means that something was possible in the past, but it did not happen. Native speakers often do not pronounce their past tense modals as clearly as Tiffany. Could have been usually gets contracted to could’ve been or even coulda’ been.

What could have I done or what could I have done?

Which one is correct? “could have I done” is wrong. “could I have done” is possible in the right context. For example: “What could I have done about it?”, “Could I have done things differently?”

Could have I Vs could I have?

The word ‘could’ is the past tense of ‘can’. It’s used to mean that somebody was able to do something in the past. So the former sentence means that he was able to climb the mountain. The phrase “could have” is used to mean that somebody was capable of doing something, but he actually didn’t do it.

What you could have done better meaning?

It means that there you had the possibility to do something in the past, but it did not happen. And that meaning fits all your examples: You could have done better on your exam. -> you had the possibility to do better (but you did not).

Could have meaning in future?

He could have done it by Friday. In this context, could is a modal verb relating to possibility, so this sentence means that it it possible that the action will have been completed by Friday. He could do it by Friday.

What have you did or done?

Both are correct, and “What have I done?” is the usual choice. The present perfect does not imply recentness, nor does it imply a present “effect”, i.e. evidence available in the present.

Should have or should has?

However, the older The modal auxiliary should has a past form, should have, which is used before the past participle of a verb. When this past form is used, should and have are …

What could you have done meaning?

used for saying that something was possible in the past, even though it did not happen.

Can and could grammar?

Can, like could and would, is used to ask a polite question, but can is only used to ask permission to do or say something (“Can I borrow your car?” “Can I get you something to drink?”). Could is the past tense of can, but it also has uses apart from that–and that is where the confusion lies.

Would usage in sentence?

We often use would (or the contracted form ‘d) in the main clause of a conditional sentence when we talk about imagined situations: If we had left earlier, we would have been able to stop off for a coffee on the way. If we went to Chile, we’d have to go to Argentina as well. I’d love to see both.