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	<li>We <u>have to stop</u> using so much petrol.<br>		<li>We <u>have to stop</u> using so much petrol.<br>
−	<span style="color:green;">hæftəstɑ:p</span>	+	<span style="color:green;">hæftəstɑp</span>
	<li>I really <u>have to go</u> now. <br>		<li>I really <u>have to go</u> now. <br>

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have to V / need to V

phonetics

The most basic tools used to express obligation, they form a phonetic unit with the following verb. In the most informal speech, one hears:

1. They all need to see a doctor.
   ni:dtə(ʊ)si:
2. We have to stop using so much petrol.
   hæftəstɑp
3. I really have to go now.
   hæftəgəʊ
4. She has to finish cooking the books.
   hæstəfɪnɪʃ

<p>Have and has can not be phonetically reduced on the left side hæf and hæs never become ə(v) as it does preceding a past participle. The reduction takes place around the pivot "to". There are many similar reductions around the pivot "to" in English.

• I'm gonna' go (going to)
• I wanna' go (want to)

Exercise 1: Pronunciation

Practice pronouncing these verbal elements:

1. has to start:
   hæstəstɑrt
2. had to stop:
   hædtəstəstɑp
3. have to start dealing with:
   hædtəstəstɑrtdi:lɪɳwɪθ
4. has to get done:
   hæstəgetdʌn
5. 'll have to get it done:
   lhæftəgetdʌn