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  • You can call him. He must be awake by now. He's usually up by this time

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Hibou on Mon May 19 03:37:41 2025
    XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage

    --
    Gratefully,
    Navi

    Lost in the Twilight Zone of the English language
    Obsesses with ambiguity
    Interested in strange structures



    On Sat, 17 May 2025 12:25:12 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 17/05/2025 à 08:06, navi a écrit :

    Which are correct:

    1) He must have finished the work by now.
    2) He has to have finished the work by know.

    3) You can call him. He must be awake now. He's always awake at this
    time of the day.
    4) You can call him. He has to be awake now. He's always awake at this
    time of the day.

    They're grammatical, but in these contexts 'should' seems more natural
    than 'has to': He should be awake now....


    he used to ask about [idiomatic] ???


    You can call him. He must be awake by now.
    He's usually up by this time of the day.

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Wed Jun 25 20:36:29 2025
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    On 5/18/2025 8:37 PM, HenHanna wrote:
    --
    Gratefully,
    Navi

    Lost in the Twilight Zone of the English language
    Obsesses with ambiguity
    Interested in strange structures



    On Sat, 17 May 2025 12:25:12 +0000, Hibou wrote:

    Le 17/05/2025 à 08:06, navi a écrit :

    Which are correct:

    1) He must have finished the work by now.
    2) He has to have finished the work by know.

    3) You can call him. He must be awake now. He's always awake at this
    time of the day.
    4) You can call him. He has to be awake now. He's always awake at this
    time of the day.

    They're grammatical, but in these contexts 'should' seems more natural
    than 'has to': He should be awake now....


      he used to ask about  [idiomatic] ???


        You can call him.    He must be awake by now.
                      He's usually  up by  this  time of the day.



    testing... posting from TB (today) because..............

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  • From Janet@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 26 09:28:09 2025
    XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage

    In article <103if7u$38icf$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] says...

    testing... posting from TB (today) because..............


    Killfiling you at TB because............

    Janet

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