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Milky wrote: Anonymous wrote:In the sentence, "She has to eat salad every day," would "has to" be a helping verb for the action verb "eat?" Initially "to eat" looks like an infinitive, but isn't "has to" another way of saying "must," which would make it a helping verb? Thanks! "Have/has/had...

I would take those as subjective. But there seem to be some complications with "had to". It's often presented as the "past tense" of "must", e.g. 1. "You must go directly to the headmaster's study and wait for me there." Later: "He said I had to go directly to the headmaster's study and wait...

"MrPedantic" It's an attractive theory, Milky; but would you say it holds true of all these examples? ________________________________________________ So, tell me what you think about a few of them. 1 the chance to grow up graciously. He had to acquire everything he was going...

MrPedantic wrote: Milky wrote: "Have to" is normally used for subjective obligation or necessity, e.g. when a person feels he/she is obliged to do something or something is necessary, and "must" (in one use) is used for expressing objective obligation or necessity. that is, when the obligation...

Basically, here the verb "have" (in this case conjugated as "has") is synonymous to the verb "must," explaining that the action is obligatory. The difference is that "have/has" in this context is followed by an infinitive verb (in this case "to eat"), whereas "must" is followed by a standardised...

Milky wrote: "Have to" is normally used for subjective obligation or necessity, e.g. when a person feels he/she is obliged to do something or something is necessary, and "must" (in one use) is used for expressing objective obligation or necessity. that is, when the obligation or necessity is...

Anonymous wrote:In the sentence, "She has to eat salad every day," would "has to" be a helping verb for the action verb "eat?" Initially "to eat" looks like an infinitive, but isn't "has to" another way of saying "must," which would make it a helping verb? Thanks! "Have/has/had (to)" is not a...

Hello Anon The verb "have" in your sentence acts as a modal verb. As a modal verb, it takes an infinitive: 1. She eats salad every day. ] A simple statement about a regular occurrence. 2. She has to eat salad every day. ] We now learn something about the eating: it's something she's compelled...

In the sentence, "She has to eat salad every day," would "has to" be a helping verb for the action verb "eat?" Initially "to eat" looks like an infinitive, but isn't "has to" another way of saying "must," which would make it a helping verb? Thanks!

Have and has are helping verbs that form the present perfect tense. Look at these: I have finished the report. He has called her many times to pick up the report. You have drawn a clear diagram. Had is used as a helping verb to form the past perfect tense: He had eaten three hotdogs before...