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"I should have specified" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to express regret for not providing additional details prior to the situation. For example: "I shouldn't have gone ahead and purchased the new phone without asking for specifics on the return policy. I should have specified what I needed before I handed over my payment."
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I should have specified a bar in advance.
I should have specified that the success I was referring to is a public relations success.
I know that last week I announced that I wanted these two to have sex, but now I realize that I should have specified that I didn't want this to happen intercut with scenes of the bloody rags from his birth and an incest voice-over.
"I should have specified the size". .
Sorry, I should have specified: I'm addressing big businesses and the banks here.
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But I'll find out when I come back at 8.30... 8.35: Sorry, that should have specified that this is the search for the most talented person who isn't famous already.
But I would argue that for the sake of clarity, the company should have specified the version of the score on which it based the report, because there is so much confusion among consumers about credit scores, and also because consumers generally do not have access yet to their FICO 8 scores.
With an article about a labor-management conflict, The Times should have relied on an impartial source for photographs; failing that, the caption should have specified that the source was an interested party.
The instructions should have specified two unequal portions; a recipe made with two and a half cups of flour instead of two cups would have made it even easier.
"Politicians should have specified a long time ago the areas where evacuees will not be able to return, and presented plans to help them rebuild their lives elsewhere," Toshitaka Kakinuma, a 71-year-old Okuma resident living in nearby Iwaki, told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
Our story should have specified that the 8% ratings decline occurred over the past five years, during which the sport was cross-promoted on multiple Disney outlets.
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