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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Had to have been

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/25/wisconsin-state-trooper-bank-robbery-suspect-shot-to-death/70415428/

"(The gunshots) were so fast it had to have been a semi-automatic weapon or something," Stevens said. "I'd say maybe 10 to 15 shots."

Does "had to have been" mean "must have been"?
  

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Yes — exactly.

  • Yes — exactly.
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