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LaVale46 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

THE PAST WITH MUST...

Is it right to write o say: I must went to school??

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must went is bad English I must go to school. I have to go to school. are correct versions for present time.

— Marius Hancu

  • must went is bad English I must go to school.
  • I have to go to school.
  • are correct versions for present time.
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must went
is bad English

I must go to school.
I have to go to school.
are correct versions for present time.
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No.

I had to go to school (I had no choice - I was made to go to school)

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I must have gone to school (this has a different sort of meaning. 'I must have' doesn't mean that you were forced to do something, it means that surely you did something that might be a bit doubtful. eg I don't remember anything about it but I must have gone to school as all the other children
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IO DOVEVO

How do you translate that??
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Well I don't speak Italian but Babel fish says it means 'I had'.
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OK!

Thank you so much!
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To get the idea of obligation in the past, you have to change the verb.

I must go to school. (= I have to go to school.)
I had to go to school.

CJ
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...or I was to go to school; I was told to go to school; I should go/have gone to school; I knew/they told me how important it was to go/that I go to school...

I would leave 'had to' for what 'I didn't want to do'...

Slava
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