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I need an extra website developer to get the website development done ahead of schedule.
I've to have an extra website developer to get the website development done ahead of schedule.
Please check them.
Is "I've to have" suitable here? Else, when can we use it?
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" These are both OK, and they mean roughly the same. However, in this particular sense we normally do not contract "I have" to "I've", so "I've to have" would not be commonly used, and in fact can be quite hard to even understand. g.
- " These are both OK, and they mean roughly the same.
- However, in this particular sense we normally do not contract "I have" to "I've", so "I've to have" would not be commonly used, and in fact can be quite hard to even understand.
- g.
- "I have spoken to him", where "have" is (normally) unstressed, and in conversation is often contracted.
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"I need an extra developer ..."
"I have to have an extra developer ..."
These are both OK, and they mean roughly the same.
However, in this particular sense we normally do not contract "I have" to "I've", so "I've to have" would not be commonly used, and in fact can be quite hard to even understand. This is probably because the "have" of "I have to ~" carries some stress
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