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navi
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 Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: had to |
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Is this sentence correct:
Yesterday I finally did what I actually had to do a long time ago. |
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CP
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| Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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An improvement:
Yesterday I finally did what I should have done a long time ago.
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grammy
Joined: 13 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:22 am Post subject: |
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study and compare modal verb forms,
for example you could also say 'yesterday i finally did what i needed to do a long time ago.'
have to need to and should are all modal forms. |
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