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網上有段說話唔係好明:
how could this be? i mean... it would have taken a total evil mastermind to have guessed, that you'd track me to this point, right?
would have taken 係咩用法呢? 有過去與現在相反的意思嗎?
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lil_bert

"would have + verb-en" 其實係 conditional (即 if 句) type 3 既用法。好多書都無教，其實呢d "if 句" 係可以冇 if 既。

Type 3 既用法係 "已成定局，但想像下如果唔係咁既話會點"。

例如你句句子:
how could this be? i mean... it would have taken a total evil mastermind to have guessed, that you'd track me to this point, right?

"how could this be?" --> 說話者講:「有咩可能呀.?」/「點解會咁架?」--> 即係已經發生左 d 事 (已成定局)，說話者好驚訝

"it would have taken a total evil mastermind to have guessed" -->  說話者講:「要好聰明好詭計多端既人先諗到囉!」--> 即係呢件事之前無人諗到 (定局 + 從說話者第一句既 "驚訝" 證明到)，諗到既一定要聰明絕頂既人先得 (想像: 因為事實係當初無人諗到)