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Use this tag for questions about meanings of whole sentences rather than phrases.

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What is the meaning of "should you have been a man to read this letter"?

It's slightly unusual phrasing, but should you have X to Y is perfectly reasonable. Should you have bought a ticket to ride the train? In this case, the speaker is saying that Warren was denied …
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Was Married or Had Married?

You can “get married” and you can “get divorced” (or “get a divorce”), but you can't take either marriage or divorce. You can also “marry someone“ and “divorce someone“ without using "get". You can, h …
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