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How and why use "It has to be" in English.

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:56 am
by sandeeprhce
How and why use "It has to be" in English. :?:

Re: How and why use "It has to be" in English.

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:51 pm
by TheStephen
We use this structure to describe what must be, that something is required or necessary to be a certain way. A set of instructions for an essay (as an example) might read "It has to be 1500 words."

It can also be used to convey disbelief:
"Apparently that type of food isn't healthy."
"What? It has to be!"