In English, explain the difference between: a) poor vs the poor b) Tokyo vs the Tokyo c) You should have told her. vs You ought to have told her. d) You needn't have written this essay. vs You didn't have to write this essay. e) She must have been here. vs She could have been here.
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"Poor" is an adjective decribing a feature, we use "the poor" expression for a group of people who are not rich. The poor is a noun.
Tokyo it is the proper name of the city, and the Tokyo describes the place, it can also be used as the Tokyo City describing the centre of the city.
You should have told her. vs You ought to have told her. Although they both have quite similar meaning, ought to is less forceful and indicates a sense of moral obligation or appropriateness than should.
You needn't have written this essay. vs You didn't have to write this essay. In the first sentence it means that somebody did an action, but it was unnecessary, or even a waste of time. You wrote an essay but this was unnecessary because it wasn't asked. In the second sentence it means that somebody didn’t need to do something, so the action was not necessary.
She must have been here. vs She could have been here. We use must have to express that we feel sure that something was true in the past. She definitely was there. We usecould have to say that we believe something was possible in the past. Maybe she was there maybe not.
Tokyo it is the proper name of the city, and the Tokyo describes the place, it can also be used as the Tokyo City describing the centre of the city.
You should have told her. vs You ought to have told her. Although they both have quite similar meaning, ought to is less forceful and indicates a sense of moral obligation or appropriateness than should.
You needn't have written this essay. vs You didn't have to write this essay.
In the first sentence it means that somebody did an action, but it was unnecessary, or even a waste of time. You wrote an essay but this was unnecessary because it wasn't asked.
In the second sentence it means that somebody didn’t need to do something, so the action was not necessary.
She must have been here. vs She could have been here.
We use must have to express that we feel sure that something was true in the past. She definitely was there.
We use could have to say that we believe something was possible in the past.
Maybe she was there maybe not.