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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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would have had to be

Those few to whose eyes his essays came would have had to be highly educated to understand his message, as he not only wrote in classical Chinese, but also used abstruse archaic diction.

What does would have had to be mean?
  

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Teo Those few to whose eyes his essays came would have had to be highly educated to understand his message, as he not only wrote in classical Chinese, but also used abstruse archaic diction. What does would have had to be mean? It means "it would have been necessary for them to be", as in those who read his essays would have needed to be highly educated to understand them.

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  • Teo Those few to whose eyes his essays came would have had to be highly educated to understand his message, as he not only wrote in classical Chinese, but also used abstruse archaic diction.
  • What does would have had to be mean?
  • It means "it would have been necessary for them to be", as in those who read his essays would have needed to be highly educated to understand them.
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TeoThose few to whose eyes his essays came would have had to be highly educated to understand his message, as he not only wrote in classical Chinese, but also used abstruse archaic diction.

What does would have had to be mean?
It means "it would have been necessary for them to be", as in those who read his essays would have needed to be highly e
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This seems to be a very confusing structure; I must say.
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