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Ask for help > help with modals. Is this rephrasing correct?
help with modals. Is this rephrasing correct?
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zailda
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�Have to� is followed by �infinitive without to�.
Anne didn�t have to finish the project on her own. |
22 Nov 2010
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mish.cz
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I think it is wrong because�"have finished"�is the past infinitive, which is not necessary in this case since the past is already expressed in "didn �t have to".�
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22 Nov 2010
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libertybelle
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This sentence is completely correct:
Anne didn �t have to finish the project on her own.
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22 Nov 2010
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Zora
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The second sentence is correct, at least grammatically...
She didn �t have to have finished - is a perfect modal like "She shouldn�t have finished the project on her own."
The second sentence is using "have to" in the past modal tense. It looks rather strange but it is, I believe, correct.
Cheers,
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22 Nov 2010
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mcadan
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Ann didn�t have to finish yhe project means that it wasn�t nesessary to do it and she didn�t.
Ann needn�t have finished her project means that it wasn�t necessary but she finished it.
I think Ann didn�t have to have finished her project is incorrect because didn�t have to
can�t be followed by a perfect infinitive
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22 Nov 2010
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