"The party would probably appeal against the ruling, Blanco added, and meantime it has launched a crowdfunding campaign in case they end up having to Calatrava." [Calatrava (the celebrated architect) took the Valencia branch of the leftwing party Esquerra Unida to court.] [From The Guardian.]
What does the ing-form having stand for in the sentence?
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Top answer
Something has gone wrong with the sentence. Probably a verb like "fight" or "sue" has been accidentally omitted after "having to".
— GPY
Something has gone wrong with the sentence.
Probably a verb like "fight" or "sue" has been accidentally omitted after "having to".
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