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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

How to negate "have got to"?

1b00It 01font00doesn't 02font01font00have to 02font00be hot in Florida now.02b00 (=It's not necessarily that Florida is hot now. )02br
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00This is how we negate "have to". I know that 01b00"have got to"02b00, is almost the same as "have to", so if we want to negate the sentence with01b00 02b00"have got to", how should we do? Shall I still use "don't/doesn't"?02br
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01b00It 01font00doesn't02font00 01font01font01font00have got to02font00 02font02font00be 00hot in Florida now.02b00 (Like here, is this sentence OK?)02br
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00Please enlighten me with this. Thank you very much0-
  

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0 I'm not sure whether I have ever attempted to use 'have got to' as a negative. 02i 00"0-

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0 I'm not sure whether I have ever attempted to use 'have got to' as a negative. However, 01b00if02b00 I did, I'm sure it would be this way:02br
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01cite10Viceidol12cite10if we want to negate the sentence with11b10 12b10"have got to", how should we do 11font10it12font10? Shall I still use "don't/doesn't"?12blockquote
10No. The negation of 01i00has got to02i00 is 01i
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0Thank you, Amy and Jim. I completely understand now.0-
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