Could'ves Would'ves Should'ves
Have you found yourself uttering these words:
I could’ve….
I would’ve …
I should’ve …
Here is my example
I could’ve worked on my website but I was so tired
If I had I would have more traffic
I should have worked on it!
Ugh! I hate it. It is true that I am tired but I need to progress or I will always be doing things that I don’t necessarily want to do, for people I might not want to work for, earning wages that are nor good enough!
As I always do, I started searching the Internet I discovered that these words are called Past Modals verbs (who knew?) which means they are all used hypothetically to talk about things that did not really happen. Words used to describe an imaginary past. HOW TRUE! The past that will never be. So from now I will NOT be using the dreaded words
Could’ve Would’ve Should’ve
Instead I will be using
Can Will Shall
This is what I am saying now:
I can work on my website even though I am so tired
So I will have more traffic
I SHALL DO IT NOW!
If you have a bad case of the Could’ves Would’ves Should’ves …. Please join me!
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Good mantra to have .... Can Will Shall I will be adding DO! All the thinking can only get you so far. The action is DO!!!! Kepp on workin'!
True, we have to move forward and don't give space for regret, I hate when I hear these three words from people.
Thank you for putting my thoughts into words. I will join you from today forward and keep in contact with you evermore.
Bill
Thanks, Ariette, you have touched on a crucial aspect of human nature. I would like to write a blog on this subject, but I don't want to steal your thunder.
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mjpd: Past Modals...who would have thought. I simply hate these newly defined words that I have always hated. I always say, "just do it and let the consequences follow." 9 times out of 10 this works perfectly. DAN
You are so right!
i was a resident of Orange county California a few years ago. it was hot weather all year round. i saved enough money to buy a new air conditioner. it cost me four hundred dollars and it weighed three hundred pounds. i didn't own a pick up truck to transport it back home. i had to carry it myself. that's how i know how heavy it was..