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Swapan Posted 13 years ago
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Are the following sentences same or different and why :
1. He GOT TO do that.
2. He HAD TO do that.
  

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swapan Are the following sentences same or different and why : The meanings are the same, but the first one is substandard in general English. Perhaps you mean these synonymous sentences: He had got to do that. He had to do that.

  • swapan Are the following sentences same or different and why : The meanings are the same, but the first one is substandard in general English.
  • Perhaps you mean these synonymous sentences: He had got to do that.
  • He had to do that.
  • The first is regional, but both are acceptable.
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swapanAre the following sentences same or different and why :
The meanings are the same, but the first one is substandard in general English. Perhaps you mean these synonymous sentences:

He had got to do that.
He had to do that.

The first is regional, but both are acceptable.

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