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minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoWhat does have to mean? Have is possessing something, have to doesn’t make sense either.
minus-squareArtieShaw@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIt means that it is required. Obligatory. It’s a modal verb. And I think it comes from the secondary meaning of have as “to undergo or experience” rather than to possess. Or maybe not. in any case: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/have-to In my dialect, you’re correct about one thing. It’s pronounced nearly the same way as half. But that would make no sense.
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoWould ‘I have something to do’ (I posess an option of a thing to do) would be the same as ‘I have to do something’? (I need to do a thing) I thought those were different words.
minus-squareArtieShaw@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThe word order makes all the difference.
What does have to mean? Have is possessing something, have to doesn’t make sense either.
It means that it is required. Obligatory.
It’s a modal verb. And I think it comes from the secondary meaning of have as “to undergo or experience” rather than to possess. Or maybe not.
in any case:
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/have-to
In my dialect, you’re correct about one thing. It’s pronounced nearly the same way as half. But that would make no sense.
Would ‘I have something to do’ (I posess an option of a thing to do) would be the same as ‘I have to do something’? (I need to do a thing) I thought those were different words.
The word order makes all the difference.