Modals

[ScarlettBegoni]

Hello, may you help me?

Our teachers said it was possible to use:

She has to have had to wear glasses since childhood. :?::?::?:

I didn't find it anywhere, so that I'd like to ask:
Do I have to think about the tense? Does it mind that it's a present perfect??
Shouldn't I use just 'She has to wear glasses since her childhood'?

The meaning was: A girl which is 16 wears glasses. When she was 5 doctor tell her to wear glasses. She has been forced to wear them.

Thank you!

 

[White Hat]

Hello, may you help me?

Our teachers said it was possible to use:

She has [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] had [STRIKE]have[/STRIKE] to wear glasses since her childhood. :?::?::?:

I didn't find it anywhere, so that I'd like to ask:
Do I have to think about the tense? Does it mind that it's a present perfect??
Shouldn't I use just 'She has to wear glasses since her childhood'?

The meaning was: A girl which is 16 wears glasses. When she was 5 doctor tell her to wear glasses. She has been forced to wear them.

Thank you!

I truly believe that would work.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello, may you help me?

Our teachers said it was possible to use:

She has to had have wear glasses since her childhood. :?::?::?:

I didn't find it anywhere, so that I'd like to ask:
Do I have to think about the tense? Does it mind that it's a present perfect??
Shouldn't I use just 'She has to wear glasses since her childhood'?

The meaning was: A girl which is 16 wears glasses. When she was 5 doctor tell her to wear glasses. She has been forced to wear them.

Thank you!

"She has to had have wear glasses since her childhood." This is incorrect. The correct way to say it is "She has had to wear glasses since her childhood".

 

[ScarlettBegoni]

Is it necessary to think about the tense? If I used just: She has to wear glasses since her childhood , would it be incorrect?

 

[bhaisahab]

Is it necessary to think about the tense? If I used just: She has to wear glasses since her childhood , would it be incorrect?

It would be OK.

 

[5jj]

Is it necessary to think about the tense? If I used just: She has to wear glasses since her childhood , would it be incorrect?

This is one of the rare occasions when I disagree with bhaisahab. For me, that it unacceptable; it must be, "She has had to wear glasses since her childhood".

 

[White Hat]

Is it necessary to think about the tense? If I used just: She has to wear glasses since her childhood , would it be incorrect?

from?

 

[Barb_D]

I agree that it requires the present perfect. She has had to wear them

And "since" not "from."

 

[White Hat]

Barb, can you please tell us what you think about the use of the Present Perfect discussed in this thread:

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...ent-perfect-set-time-unfinished-action-3.html

Thank you.

 

[Barb_D]

I"ve done so now.

 

[emsr2d2]

Am I the only person who thinks the original sentence is actually possible (without the word "her"), if you consider that "She has to have had to" equates to "She must have had to ..."? Let's say the poor woman in the sentence has a dent in each side of her nose, the kind of dent you get from wearing glasses long-term.

- Have you seen the dents in her nose?
- Yes, they're very deep. What do you think caused them?
- She has to have had to wear glasses since childhood.

That would mean that in the speaker's opinion, the only explanation is that she has worn glasses for a very long time. That has to be the explanation.