Application goal: Using can't have to rule out an explanation.
Use must for a strong deduction, might or may for a possibility, and can’t for a deduction that something is impossible. These forms show the speaker’s confidence, not guaranteed facts.
Context: Investigating a fault. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Use must for a strong deduction, might or may for a possibility, and can’t for a deduction that something is impossible. These forms show the speaker’s confidence, not guaranteed facts.
Context: Investigating a fault. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
The file cannot have been deleted yesterday because I opened it this morning.
لا يمكن أن يكون الملف قد حُذف أمس لأنني فتحته هذا الصباح.
Someone may have moved it to another folder after that.
ربما نقله أحد إلى مجلد آخر بعد ذلك.
The search results suggest that its name might have changed.
تشير نتائج البحث إلى أن اسمه ربما تغير.