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Belly Posted 17 years ago
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Must when recounting a story

When you retell a story, can we use must without have and past participle?
ex: In order to rescue his son, he must fight
  

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Belly When you retell a story, can we use must without have and past participle? ex: In order to rescue his son, he must fight Hello I think only in case of indirect speech. He said he must / had to fight in order to rescue his son.

— Dokterjokkebrok

  • Belly When you retell a story, can we use must without have and past participle?
  • ex: In order to rescue his son, he must fight Hello I think only in case of indirect speech.
  • He said he must / had to fight in order to rescue his son.
  • Is that correct teachers?
  • Dokterjokkebrok
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BellyWhen you retell a story, can we use must without have and past participle?

ex: In order to rescue his son, he must fight

Hello

I think only in case of indirect speech.
  • He said he must/had to fight in order to rescue his son.


Is that correct teachers?

Dokterjokkebrok
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BellyWhen you retell a story, can we use must without have and past participle?
I think you're asking what the past of must is. There isn't really a past of must. Use had to.

He must fight. (Now or in the future.)
He had to fight. (In the past.)

Don't use must have. That has a different meaning.

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