perfect infinitive

That's why god made context.

It means really only one thing:

"You had the option of doing that in the past," where that refers to the action last mentioned.

The statement does not imply any emotion or judgement.

Hi Joe, hi stuh.

If I knew that stuh here, I would / should / could / might / have written a difficult one ( perfect conditional ).


See, I'm learning.

If we take this form,

could+might+perfect infinitive.This would imply that the speaker is indignant ( that was what I read ).

so,

You could / might have told me !

imlpies that the speaker is indignant somehow.

But, I also read that the same form above with perfect infinitive indicates an unused ability, or past ability.

So, is this right for the same sentence above ?

Navigator,

Indignation is most easily recognized by context and tone of voice..."You could/might have told me!" does imply indignation, but only because the exclamation point is giving information about the tone of voice to use when reading it. Without the exclamation point, it may or may not imply indignation, depending on the context.

Also, if you say "you could/might have (done something bad)" it has possibilities for being positive/thankful/grateful. Nearly everything linguistic is about context.

So, I missed the exclamation point and the context.

Thanks stuh

Thanks rufio