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What does two "have to" in the following sentence mean what?
Right now our firmness is the only hope the people of Kosovo have to be able to live in their own country without having to fear for their own lives. mean?
What does two "have to" in the following sentence mean what?
Right now our firmness is the only hope the people of Kosovo have to be able to live in their own country without having to fear for their own lives. mean?
Right now our firmness is the only hope the people of Kosovo have to be able to live in their own country without having to fear for their own lives. mean?
this is a quote from Bill Clinton's speech on Kosovo. full sentence is here.
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/preside...
could you give me your explanation or their synonyms? thank you!
https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/preside...
could you give me your explanation or their synonyms? thank you!
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“To have to” is a common expression, but it’s not what’s being used here. You’re parsing the sentence a little wrong. The “have” is connected with “hope the people of Kosovo”.
A rewording would be “(The only hope the people of Kosovo have when it comes to being able to live in their own country without fear for their own lives) is our firmness”.
My Japanese is not very good, but I tried writing it in Japanese so you can try seeing how the grammar should be parsed.
今、怖さなしで自分の国で生きることが出来ることについてコソボ人の希望は我々のfirmnessだけです。
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It Is Spelled "To Have To" It means the person is able to do something.
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@YoungHQ then "the people of Kosovo have to be able to" means "they are able to be able to"?
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@Zen_like_answer They Have to be able to means they are required to do a certain thing/ They Have to
@Zen_like_answer They Have to be able to means they are required to do a certain thing/ They Have to
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“To have to” is a common expression, but it’s not what’s being used here. You’re parsing the sentence a little wrong. The “have” is connected with “hope the people of Kosovo”.
A rewording would be “(The only hope the people of Kosovo have when it comes to being able to live in their own country without fear for their own lives) is our firmness”.
My Japanese is not very good, but I tried writing it in Japanese so you can try seeing how the grammar should be parsed.
今、怖さなしで自分の国で生きることが出来ることについてコソボ人の希望は我々のfirmnessだけです。
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