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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
"had got to" ?
0 A: I wonder who took the money. 02 br
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00 B: It 01 b 01 font 00 had to 02 font 02 b 00 be Bob. (= It 01 font 01 b 00 must 02 b 02 font 00 be Bob. ) 02 br
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00 I'm wondering if I can replace the "had to" with 01 b 00 "had got to" 02 b 00 (the past tense of "have got to"). Like: 02 br
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00 B: It 01 b 01 font 00 had got to 02 font 02 b 00 be Bob. 02 br
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00 Please help me with this question, thank you! 0-
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00 B: It 01 b 01 font 00 had to 02 font 02 b 00 be Bob. (= It 01 font 01 b 00 must 02 b 02 font 00 be Bob. ) 02 br
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00 I'm wondering if I can replace the "had to" with 01 b 00 "had got to" 02 b 00 (the past tense of "have got to"). Like: 02 br
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00 B: It 01 b 01 font 00 had got to 02 font 02 b 00 be Bob. 02 br
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00 Please help me with this question, thank you! 0-
Top answer
02 br 00 << B: It 01 b 01 span 00 had to be 02 span 02 b 00 Bob. (= It 01 b 01 span 00 must 02 span 02 b 01 span 00 02 span 01 del 00 be 02 del 00 01 b 01 span 00 have been 02 span 02 b 00 Bob. 02 br 02 i 02 br 00 I have never heard anyone use ' 01 i 00 have got to 02 i 00 ' in the past tense, and I consider it to be incorrect.
- 02 br 00 << B: It 01 b 01 span 00 had to be 02 span 02 b 00 Bob.
- (= It 01 b 01 span 00 must 02 span 02 b 01 span 00 02 span 01 del 00 be 02 del 00 01 b 01 span 00 have been 02 span 02 b 00 Bob.
- 02 br 02 i 02 br 00 I have never heard anyone use ' 01 i 00 have got to 02 i 00 ' in the past tense, and I consider it to be incorrect.
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00 << A: I wonder who took the money. 02 br
00 << B: It 01 b 01 span 00 had to be 02 span 02 b 00 Bob. (= It 01 b 01 span 00 must 02 span 02 b 01 span 00 02 span 01 del
00 << A: I wonder who took the money. 02 br
00 << B: It 01 b 01 span 00 had to be 02 span 02 b 00 Bob. (= It 01 b 01 span 00 must 02 span 02 b 01 span 00 02 span 01 del
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0 "It was all very well to have made the discovery that he didn't very much like poor people, but 01 u 00 he had got to 02 u 00 put up with them, for it was among them that his work must lie." 02 br
00 Samuel Butler, 01 i 00 The Way of All Flesh 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 Rare, but possible. Possibly chiefly British. Possibly chiefly literary. 02 br
00 Samuel Butler, 01 i 00 The Way of All Flesh 02 i 00 . 02 br
00 Rare, but possible. Possibly chiefly British. Possibly chiefly literary. 02 br
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01 cite 10 Viceidol 12 cite 10 I'm wondering if I can replace the "had to" with 11 b 10 "had got to" 12 b 12 blockquote10 No. This is not an acceptable replacement in modern conversational English. Note that there are some literary examples of it, however. (See my previous post.) 02 br
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0 Thank you very much for your answer, Amy and Jim! I fully understand now. 0-
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