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Le 17/05/2025 |a 08:06, navi a |-crit :
Which are correct:
1) He must have finished the work by now.
2) He has to have finished the work by know.
3) You can call him. He must be awake now. He's always awake at this
time of the day.
4) You can call him. He has to be awake now. He's always awake at this
time of the day.
They're grammatical, but in these contexts 'should' seems more natural
than 'has to': He should be awake now....
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Gratefully,
Navi
Lost in the Twilight Zone of the English language
Obsesses with ambiguity
Interested in strange structures
On Sat, 17 May 2025 12:25:12 +0000, Hibou wrote:
Le 17/05/2025 |a 08:06, navi a |-crit :
Which are correct:
1) He must have finished the work by now.
2) He has to have finished the work by know.
3) You can call him. He must be awake now. He's always awake at this
time of the day.
4) You can call him. He has to be awake now. He's always awake at this
time of the day.
They're grammatical, but in these contexts 'should' seems more natural
than 'has to': He should be awake now....
-a he used to ask about-a [idiomatic] ???
-a-a-a You can call him.-a-a-a He must be awake by now.
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a He's usually-a up by-a this-a time of the day.
testing... posting from TB (today) because..............