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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread haftagotta #38056 08/08/2001 9:14 PM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered since we just had a thread on the origins of "used to", how about "have to" and "have got to"? it seems like poor grammar to say "i have to be home by 4pm today" or "i've got to be home by 4pm today", but "I must be home etc." sounds stilted. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted haftagotta Anonymous 08/08/2001 9:14 PM Re: haftagotta wwh 08/08/2001 9:56 PM Re: haftagotta wwh 08/08/2001 10:00 PM Post deleted by musick musick 08/09/2001 5:59 PM Re: haftagotta wwh 08/09/2001 7:55 PM Re: haftagotta inselpeter 08/09/2001 12:26 AM Re: haftagotta Fiberbabe 08/09/2001 12:56 AM Re: haftagotta Faldage 08/09/2001 12:00 PM Re: haftagotta Bingley 08/09/2001 4:26 AM Re: haftagotta belligerentyouth 08/09/2001 10:33 AM Re: haftagotta Anonymous 08/09/2001 2:11 PM Re: haftagotta Faldage 08/09/2001 2:30 PM Re: tenemos qué desavenirnos Anonymous 08/09/2001 2:39 PM Re: tenemos qué desavenirnos Hyla 08/09/2001 3:38 PM Re: tenemos qué desavenirnos Faldage 08/09/2001 3:46 PM Re: tenemos qué desavenirnos Hyla 08/09/2001 3:57 PM Re: tenemos qué desavenirnos Marianna 08/10/2001 10:58 AM Re: tengo que dar las gracias a Usted, Marianna Faldage 08/10/2001 11:35 AM Re: tengo que dar las gracias a Usted, Marianna Marianna 08/10/2001 12:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard

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