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April 01, 2016, 12:38 PM
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"You shouldn't have!"
In English, we commonly just say the helping verb "have" without the second verb. For example:
"I bought you a present" -> "You shouldn't have!" (bought one) "I paid the utility bill" -> "You better have" (paid it) "Did you see that?" -> "How could I not have?" (seen it) Does Spanish also just use the helping verb by itself, or is there some other construction? 
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