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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

The use of had to or must

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i would like to know which are these sentences correct.

I HAD TO REPAIR MY CAR YESTERDAY . OTHERWISE, I COULD NOT GO TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY
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I MUST HAVE REPAIRED MY CAR YESTERDAY. OTHERWISE, I COULD NOT GO TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY
  

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Anonymous I HAD TO REPAIR MY CAR YESTERDAY . OTHERWISE, I COULD NOT GO TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY OR I MUST HAVE REPAIRED MY CAR YESTERDAY. " There are other tenses you can use for the "otherwise" clause, which many members will prefer.

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  • Anonymous I HAD TO REPAIR MY CAR YESTERDAY .
  • OTHERWISE, I COULD NOT GO TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY OR I MUST HAVE REPAIRED MY CAR YESTERDAY.
  • " There are other tenses you can use for the "otherwise" clause, which many members will prefer.
  • " "Must have" is usually used in proving something: I must have eaten breakfast this morning.
  • Otherwise I'd be starving.
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AnonymousI HAD TO REPAIR MY CAR YESTERDAY . OTHERWISE, I COULD NOT GO TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTY
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I MUST HAVE REPAIRED MY CAR YESTERDAY. OTHERWISE, I COULD NOT GO TO HER BIRTHDAY PARTYI believe you want your first example, with "had to."
There are other tenses you can use for the "otherwise" clause, which many members will prefer.
Eg, "Otherwise, I could not
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