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Milky Posted 20 years ago
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"Have". Your opinion would be useful.

I wrote these in an unconscious, random fashion. Which ones would you say imply: a) possession in the concrete sense; b) possession in the abstract sense; c) obligation and/or compulsion and/or necessity; d) can/am able to; e) a combination of those factors (please state the combinations); f) neither of the above?



  1. I have a right to be heard.
  2. I have a job to do.
  3. I have a nice coat.
  4. I have a nice coat to wear.
  5. I have a baby to feed.
  6. I have a (my) baby to feed now.
  7. I have a million things to say.
  8. I have a mission to accomplish.
  9. I have a test to do.
  10. I have a marathon to win
  11. I have a marathon to run.
  12. I have a book to read.
  13. I have a letter to write.
  14. I have letter to mail.
  15. I have bill to pay.
  16. I have lover to keep happy.
  17. I have a car to sell.
  18. I have a mountain to climb.
  19. I have money to burn.
  20. I have you to thank.
  

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a) possession in the concrete sense b) possession in the abstract sense c) obligation and/or compulsion and/or necessity d) can/am able to e) a combination of those factors (please state the combinations) f) neither of the above? I have a right to be heard. - B I have a job to do.

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  • a) possession in the concrete sense b) possession in the abstract sense c) obligation and/or compulsion and/or necessity d) can/am able to e) a combination of those factors (please state the combinations) f) neither of the above?
  • I have a right to be heard.
  • - B I have a job to do.
  • - C I have a nice coat.
  • - A I have a nice coat to wear.
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a) possession in the concrete sense

b) possession in the abstract sense

c) obligation and/or compulsion and/or necessity

d) can/am able to

e) a combination of those factors (please state the combinations)

f) neither of the above?

  1. I have a right to be heard. - B
  2. I have a job to do. - C
  3. I have a nice coat. - A
  4. I h
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