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minus-square@JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•7 months agoWhat does have to mean? Have is possessing something, have to doesn’t make sense either.
minus-squareArtieShawlinkfedilink4•7 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-square@JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•7 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.
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.