I must have to go now
Hi,
The prominent authors of the book, "Exploring Grammar in Context: Grammar reference and practice upper-intermediate and advanced" says this on Must versus Have To on page 197:
Must and have to can occur together, for example in:
A: You must have to leave fairly early. (I suppose you are obliged to leave fairly early.)
B: Yes, I do
I am not a native speaker. But I am not comfortable with the use of these two verbs next to each other as they have the same meaning. It is redundant and outright wrong in my linguistic intuition of English.
Could this be a British thing? What do Americans think of it? Could this be only a spoken thing that is never found in careful academic writing?
Thank you for considering the question.
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As a Canadian from Britain, You must have to leave fairly early is fine to me. Clive
- As a Canadian from Britain, You must have to leave fairly early is fine to me.
- Clive
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As a Canadian from Britain, You must have to leave fairly early is fine to me.
Clive
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This is possible, but only when "must" expresses the speaker's guess/assumption about what is true, based on indirect evidence. It is not possible if "must" expresses obligation. Thus, your sentence means something like "I guess/assume that it is necessary for you to leave fairly early".
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