SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post UK Teachers Chatboard Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Hot Now... • August 2008 Gazette • Teacher Tech Center • The Lesson Bank Most Popular • Set Your Quick Links • Chat Center • All Chatboards • Lesson Bank • Teacher Mailrings • Project Center • Classified Ads • Live Chat & Meetings Select by • State/Region • Grade Level • Curriculum • Interest Group • Teaching Method Special Topics • Technology • Languages • Hot Topics • Career Center • Distance Learning • Fundraising • Tutoring Center • Teacher's Bookshelf • Free Printables • Classroom Photos • Meeting Archive • Teaching Articles • Library • Web Tools • Webring • Search • Advertise   Re: deduction (grammar) Posted by Omar on 6/16/08 On 6/15/08, Novel wrote: > On 6/15/08, omar wrote: >> Hi, all. >> I am teacher of English. I am Egyptian.Could you please >> tell me which is the correct choice for the following >> sentence and why? >> - I can't find my keys. They must (be / have been) lost. >> Thank you for u all. > > "be" is more approrpiate because are they are, at present, > in a state of still being lost. > "have been" seems to imply that someone else lost them OR > that it all happened quite a long time ago in which case the > first sentence would not really make sense. > > Hope this helps. Thank you, Novel. Your reply helps me so much and I really admire you as you are a helpful brilliant person. I hope we can be friends. so, this is my id at yahoo messenger and hotmail "mr_omar971" .. I hope we can talk soon. THANK YOU AGAIN. Posts on this thread, including this one deduction (grammar), 6/15/08, by omar. Re: deduction (grammar), 6/15/08, by Novel. Re: deduction (grammar), 6/16/08, by Omar.

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