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Lagataw Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Have to = have got to

Can I express the negative form of 'I've got to make a call' as 'I haven't got to make a call'?
  

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That may be correct, but in AmE, at least, "I don't have to" is used most often.

— Vorpar

  • That may be correct, but in AmE, at least, "I don't have to" is used most often.
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That may be correct, but in AmE, at least, "I don't have to" is used most often.
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Hi,

The answers so far show how to indicate 'no compulsion, no necessity'.

But consider also this type of negative.

Someone orders me, 'Clive, don't call anyone! Make no calls!'

Now I can say
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You can read about have not and don't have

CB
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Thanks CB but I think most part of the link was devoted to the discussion of the stative verb HAVE. The last part included a discussion of the helping verb HAVE. My concern is the negative of the phrasal modal HAVE TO. This actually appeared in sentence #2 but it was not expounded further.
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lagatawThanks CB but I think most part of the link was devoted to the discussion of the stative verb HAVE.
You are right! My apologies. The post is so old that I didn't remember what exactly I had written. Anyway, here's a continuation. I hope it helps you.

When have does not mean "to possess" etc., its present and past tense negative a
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