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Old January 14, 2012, 10:36 AM
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Lightbulb Debería habérselo dicho

I should have told him
I must have told him
Is the second sentence OK?
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Old January 14, 2012, 10:47 AM
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I should have told him/her
I must have told him
Is the second sentence OK?

I must have told him = debo de habérselo/haberle dicho
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Old January 14, 2012, 12:56 PM
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Both sentences are good, but they mean different things.

"I should have told him/her" states that there was an obligation to tell him/her, but it it uncertain whether you actually told him/her or did not tell him/her.

"I must have told him/her" states the believe that I told him/her already.
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