 104  Do you have to get up early every morning? Have you got to get up early tomorrow morning? 2 Certainty or logical necessity. Both have /oand have got roare possible, the former being more common in American English and the latter in British English. You have to be joking. — Am. English. The bombing's got to stop sometime — B. English (It is certain that the bombing will stop sometime.) To be to To he to as a modal verb is used in the present and past indefinite tenses. To be to expresses; I. An obligation arising out of an arrangement or plan. It is found in statements and questions. We are to complete this work by tomorrow. (Somebody expects it.) I am to go down in my car and pick up the parcels. When is the wedding to be? When am I to come? Who is to be the first? The shi p was to dock on Sunday. I was to meet Mother at the dentist’s at 11. The last two sentences in which to be is in the past indefinite do not indicate whether the action did or did not take place. On the other hand it is the only way to indicate» a fulfilled future in the past. 104 |
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