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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Be required?
Hi! everyone.Could you tell me in which sense we use "be required"?
Actually I want to know Is "required" noun when it is used as following?
"You are required to do this"(This is required by us and Is "required" as noun is always same as "must"? If I say-You must do this,Are these both same?)
"You are required by law to do this" (and here it is verb and law requires something to be done by us) Am I right?
Thanks!
Actually I want to know Is "required" noun when it is used as following?
"You are required to do this"(This is required by us and Is "required" as noun is always same as "must"? If I say-You must do this,Are these both same?)
"You are required by law to do this" (and here it is verb and law requires something to be done by us) Am I right?
Thanks!
Top answer
'Required' is not a noun. It is a passive verb formation. 'Be required to' = 'must'
- 'Required' is not a noun.
- It is a passive verb formation.
- 'Be required to' = 'must'
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'Required' is not a noun. It is a passive verb formation. 'Be required to' = 'must'
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That's right: the 'requirers' are not listed, and the reader (if he is interested) must mentally insert 'by the government', 'by law', or whatever seems appropriate. As this agent becomes less important or more difficult to identify, the verb approaches adjective status, as in 'I am tired'.
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