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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
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How do I negate this sentence?

0．He thought that it 01b01font00had to02font02b00 be Bob. (=He thought that it 01font01b00must have been02b02font00 Bob.)02br
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00How do I negate this sentence? Can I say it this way:02br
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00．He thought that it 01font01b00didn't02b00 01b00have to02b02font00 be Bob. (=He thought that it 01b01font00couldn't have been02font02b00 Bob.)02br
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00Thank you very much for your help!!0-
  

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0I think you're getting a little messed up here. The first equality is OK, but not the second. Note these:02br 02br 00--------------------------- 02br 00She has to stay.

— CalifJim

  • 0I think you're getting a little messed up here.
  • The first equality is OK, but not the second.
  • Note these:02br 02br 00--------------------------- 02br 00She has to stay.
  • = She must stay.
  • 02br 00She has to leave.
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0I think you're getting a little messed up here. The first equality is OK, but not the second. Note these:02br
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00She has to stay. = She must stay. = She cannot leave.02br
00She has to leave. = She must leave. = She cannot stay. 02br
00She had to stay. = She could not leave.02br
00She had
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0Thank you very much, Jim, and I'm sorry to let you write so much for me.050010id1
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0Well, at the rate you're going these days with all those 01i00have to02i00's, 01i00can02i00's, 01i00could02i00's, and 01i00must02i00's, you would have eventually asked a question about every one of those expressions anyway, so you might as well have all of them together in one place! 05002br
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