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1. For the type ☒
No state has λ or can adopt such measures, see
ellipsis 3.
2. In a sentence of the type Some Labour MPs would have preferred to have wound up the Session before rising, the present infinitive is preferable, i.e. Some Labour MPs would have preferred to wind up the Session before rising, although the perfect infinitive is sometimes found when the past nature of the unperformed action is being emphasized. Examples:
• Fish, who had decent feelings, would have preferred to be pawed in privacy —J. I. M. Stewart, 1975
• I would have preferred to have seen an accompanying annotated sketch so that the plant zonations could be easily recognised —Birds, 1981.
3. have to and have got to.
In the meaning ‘must’, have to normally denotes habitual or continuing necessity (I have to wear contact lenses) whereas have got to denotes immediate or temporary necessity (I've got to catch a train in half an hour). In the past tense, had to is much more usual than had got to:
• In addition to his normal day's work in the library, he had to care for a complete invalid, shop on the way home,…and then translate demanding tomes until one or two o'clock in the morning —D. Murphy, 1979
• He knew…that in order not to lose control irretrievably of his life he had to hold on to his job —William Boyd, 1981.
The only available perfect and pluperfect forms are have had to and had had to:
• They like the feeling that they have had to fight other men for possession. That is what it is all about, really —Anita Brookner, 1984
• Turning the other cheek was for girls who hadn't had to give blow jobs to tramps in exchange for a few pieces of candy —P. Booth, 1986
• Since Sara had not had to show I.D. at the motel she'd given them a different alias —D. P. La Selle, 2004.
4. For
don't have =
haven't got and
do you have =
have you got, see
do 4.
5. For
had have, see
had 2.
Modern English usage.
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Have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Have — Have, lat., sei gegrüßt! lebe wohl! Auf Grabmälern: have pia anima! lebe wohl, fromme Seele! … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Have — (ave, lat.), sei gegrüßt! lebe wohl! bes. auf Grabsteinen: H. pia anima (lebe wohl liebe Seele); vgl. Ave Maria … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Have — (lat.), soviel wie Ave … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Have — (ave, lat.), Sei gegrüßt! Lebe wohl! H. pia anĭma, Lebe wohl, fromme Seele! … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
have — /hav/; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/; for 26 usually /haf/, v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have, 2nd have or (Archaic) hast, 3rd has or (Archaic) hath, pres. pl … Universalium
have — I. verb (had; having; has) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English habban; akin to Old High German habēn to have, and perhaps to hevan to lift more at heave Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to hold or maintain as a possession,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
have it — {v. phr.} 1. To hear or get news; understand. * /I have it on the best authority that we will be paid for our work next week./ 2. To do something in a certain way. * /Make up your mind, because you can t have it both ways. You must either stay… … Dictionary of American idioms
have it — {v. phr.} 1. To hear or get news; understand. * /I have it on the best authority that we will be paid for our work next week./ 2. To do something in a certain way. * /Make up your mind, because you can t have it both ways. You must either stay… … Dictionary of American idioms
