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I've done what I should've...
I've done what I should've been done.
&
I've done what I should've done.
What is the difference?
Jun 23, 2019 6:48 PM
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INCORRECT: I've done what I should've been done. CORRECTION: I've done what should've been done.
CORRECT: I've done what I should've done.
June 23, 2019
You can say -
I've done what I should have.
( Meaning that you did the correct thing for you PERSONALLY. For example, you looked after your sick mother))
Or
I've done what should have been done.
( Meaning you did what seemed the necessary, proper moral thing for anyone to do. For example, you returned a wallet you found on the street)
Hope this helps
June 23, 2019
The first difference is that only the second sentence is grammatical.
“I’ve done what should have been done” is grammatical, without a specific pronoun; here the prefect tense is a kind of passive, so that there is no subject for that part of the sentence — some action needed to be done by *someone*, and “I” did that action. If this is what you mean, it is okay.
The second difference is that the second sentence has a clear focus on the speaker’s own actions.
June 23, 2019
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