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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

How much money do you have to spend?

When you say,

How much money do you have to spend?

does that mean you are curious about
1. the amount of money you MUST spend (have to / spend), or
2. how much money you POSSESS that you can possibly spend (have / to spend)?

Thank you for your help in advance Emotion: smile
  

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Both are possible. The context will tell you which one it is.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Both are possible.
  • The context will tell you which one it is.
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Both are possible. The context will tell you which one it is.
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Can you show me 60 cents to write 3 ways
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Anonymous When you say,How much money do you have to spend?does that mean you are curious about1. the amount of money you MUST spend (have to / spend), or2. how much money you POSSESS that you can possibly spend (have / to spend)?Thank you for your help in advance
In writing it can be either one, but you can make it clearer in speech by the way you group the p
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AnonymousCan you show me 60 cents to write 3 ways
Please post this as a new thread. It is unrelated to the topic being discussed in this thread.

CJ
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AlpheccaStarsThe context will tell you which one it is.
You visit a real estate agent and ask to be shown a few houses.
If she says, “How much money do you have to spend?”
- she needs an estimate of the price range you think you can afford (before showing you houses that are much more than your answer.)
- she is trying to de
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