Have to offer?
I read this sentence in a paper about cybersecurity:
"Therefore, as a user you need to make sure that you're protected against the ever-increasing digital world of threats, viruses and everything else the Internet has to offer".
I figure that "has to" here doesn't mean "must", but what does it mean exactly?
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build towel 835 I figure that "has to" here doesn't mean "must", but what does it mean exactly? The Internet has things. The Internet offers them.
- build towel 835 I figure that "has to" here doesn't mean "must", but what does it mean exactly?
- The Internet has things.
- The Internet offers them.
- But "to have to offer" is a set phrase meaning "provide to one's benefit".
- It is laudatory.
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build towel 835I figure that "has to" here doesn't mean "must", but what does it mean exactly?
The Internet has things. The Internet offers them. But "to have to offer" is a set phrase meaning "provide to one's benefit". It is laudatory. The writer used it wrong, or perhaps he thought it would come off ironic.
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