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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Are these sentences correct?
A. It had got to be destroyed.
B. It have to have been destroyed.
B. It have to have been destroyed.
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No. These are possible, with different meanings: It has (got) to be destroyed. It had got to be destroyed.
- No.
- These are possible, with different meanings: It has (got) to be destroyed.
- It had got to be destroyed.
- It had to have been destroyed.
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No.
These are possible, with different meanings:
It has (got) to be destroyed.
It hadgot to be destroyed.
It had to have been destroyed.
These are possible, with different meanings:
It has (got) to be destroyed.
It had
It had to have been destroyed.
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What does 'It had to be destroyed' mean? Does it mean it was destroyed because it was necessary?
What does 'It had to have been destroyed' mean?
What does 'It had to have been destroyed' mean?
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tenjingIt had to be destroyedIt was necessary to destroy it. (Yes, your interpretation is correct.)
tenjingIt had to have been destroyedHere I interpret "had to" as "must":
It must have been destroyed.
This could be a case where you couldn't find something and you suspected that it was because som
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