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    This document discusses modal verbs of deduction used to express degrees of certainty about past events. It explains that to express guessing about a past action or situation, modal verbs of deduction are used with the participle form of the main verb and "have", such as "may have done". To express guessing about an ongoing past action, the modal verb is used with "have" and the present participle form, such as "might have been doing". The document provides information on using modal verbs to deduce about past events.

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    This document discusses modal verbs of deduction used to express degrees of certainty about past events. It explains that to express guessing about a past action or situation, modal verbs of deduction are used with the participle form of the main verb and "have", such as "may have done". To express guessing about an ongoing past action, the modal verb is used with "have" and the present participle form, such as "might have been doing". The document provides information on using modal verbs to deduce about past events.

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    This document discusses modal verbs of deduction used to express degrees of certainty about past events. It explains that to express guessing about a past action or situation, modal verbs of deduction are used with the participle form of the main verb and "have", such as "may have done". To express guessing about an ongoing past action, the modal verb is used with "have" and the present participle form, such as "might have been doing". The document provides information on using modal verbs to deduce about past events.

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    MODAL VERBS OF DEDUCTION

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    DEDUCTION (present events)

    Degrees of Certainty

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    DEDUCTION (past events)


    Modal verbs of deduction + have + participle are used to express your degree of certainty about a past action or situation. If we are guessing about a situation/state in the past:
    Modal verb participle + have +

    Degrees of Certainty

    If we are guessing about an ongoing action in the past:


    Modal verb + have + been + ing

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