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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I've got to call

B: What is this?
A: It' your new bike.
B: Wow. This is awesome! But it's not my birthday or anything.
A: This is from your uncle. It's for your graduation.
B: I love Uncle Andy! I've got to call him right away.

I'd like to know if when the subject of "have to" is "I", "have to" implies volition of the subject "I."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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First, what do you think, please?
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Thank you, Clive, for your message.
I think "have to" implies "would."
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park sang joonI think "have to" implies "would."
Why on earth should it have such implication? 'Have to' is used when there is an obligation to do something,
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Or necessity.
eg I have to breathe.
There is no volition here.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if when the subject of "have (got) to" is "I", "have to" implies volition of the subject "I."
Not in the general case, but idiomatically and pragmatically in the context of this dialog, it does imply that B very much wants to call Uncle Andy. Wanting implies volition. (It doesn't have
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