http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveHaveTo/pvhz/post.htm#75170Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:53:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:75170MrPedantic0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveHaveTo/pvhz/post.htm#75170http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-75170.xmlI would agree that there's a slight ambiguity here. But I'd probably choose 'have to say' as in 'have something to say', i.e. your first 'have, Taka. MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveHaveTo/pvhz/post.htm#74984Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:53:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:74984CalifJim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveHaveTo/pvhz/post.htm#74984http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-74984.xmlIn speaking, the "have to" = "must" is said "haff to"; the other is "havv to". In writing, that distinction cannot be made. Context alone governs the meaning for the reader. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveHaveTo/pvhz/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 21:53:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:74975Taka2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveHaveTo/pvhz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-74975.xmlI want you to listen carefully to what I have to say. Is it 'have:a verb+to say: an infinitive"? Or 'have to say=must say"? How do you differentiate it??