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should not have happened vs should not be happened

The correct phrase is "should not have happened." "Have happened" is the correct form to use to express that something was not supposed to occur in the past. "Should not be happened" is a grammatically incorrect construction.
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Last updated: August 03, 2024

should not have happened

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express that something was not supposed to occur in the past.

Examples:

  • That accident should not have happened.
  • This mistake should not have happened.
  • The delay should not have happened.
  • The misunderstanding should not have happened.
  • The cancellation should not have happened.
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  • If you say that something should not have happened, you mean that it did happen , but that you wish it had not. I should have gone this morning but I was feeling ...
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  • Aug 28, 2015 ... This murder should not have happened. There was prior knowledge, even expectations, that such a person might do it again. The automatic ...

should not be happened

This phrase is not correct in English. The correct form is "should not have happened."

  • Privacy should not be compromised as happened in the case of the Harbour Report.
  • You should not have happened to be at lunch Arabellinými with parents?
  • Work happened later, marriage happened later, kids happened later, even death happened later.
  • What happened last night has never happened.
  • What happened to him could've happened to any qualified pilot.
  • Whatever happened, it must have happened quickly.
  • Whatever happened to these power lines happened after the snow monster.
  • What happened was just something that happened.
  • Maybe what happened to our two victims also happened to his mother.
  • What happened to Charlie happened because...
  • Mia, whatever happened- Whatever you imagine happened...
  • We think what happened here happened everywhere.
  • Then we can agree what happened never happened.
  • What happened, happened, And...
  • I'm saying what happened happened.
  • Things happened there which should not have happened.
  • Everything that happened at Briarcliff happened under your authority.
  • So whatever happened happened at that party.
  • Everything they say happened, happened.
  • Tommy pulled him out of a fire uptown before what happened happened.

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