Grammar

Is the topic sentence correct? I'm worried that my professor will think I'm an idiot.

Hello, life—and welcome to English Forums.

Will we have to construct graphs based on the models?

Next time, please put the text for consideration inside the message box.

Thanks!

Hi life412,
Welcome to the forum. I think your question was a little unusual with " Will we have to...? ". in that situation. Typically when someone is unsure about an instruction of how to do something, he probably asks " do I need to ..." or " do I have to ". What is interesting though is that your teacher replied back with "y

Welcome to the Forum, life412.
I do not see anything wrong with "have to". You know more about the situation than I do, but my guess would be that your teacher was emphasizing that graphs are not compulsory.
I would say "Will we have to construct graphs based on the models?" though.

Thank you. Sorry for not placing the sentence in the correct space. I'm just worried because my professor did reply back saying, "You will not NEED to construct graphs, but if this helps in your description you are welcome to include them." I'm just concerned because he caps need and I thought I used the wrong word. Did my sentence make me seem like an idiot?

It seems he meant that graphs were optional, not compulsory. There is nothing wrong with have to.

CliveIt's the use of 'off of' that makes one sound uneducated.

Funny—I use it all the time in conversation. No one seems to lose their respect for me.