Identify the sentence that uses a perfect modal to express speculation about the past:
- Mulan should warn her fellow soldiers of the upcoming attack.
- Mulan may be warning the Emperor about the plan.
- Mulan might have discovered the enemy’s weakness before the ambush.
- Mulan could warn the Emperor if she had time.
Explanation
A perfect modal construction takes the form “modal (might/could) + have + past participle” to express a possible action in the past.
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