When we say that it is NECESSARY to do something, we use must or have (got) to:
• To get a cheap ticket, you must / have (got) to book in advance.
• Every animal on the island must / has (got) to be destroyed.
When we want to say that it will be necessary for someone to do something in the future, we use
must, have (got) to, or will have to:
• To get there on time, I must / have (got) to / will have to leave home by 8.30.
Have got to is less formal than the others, and is particularly common in spoken English. We can
often use need (to) with a similar meaning:
• Before you buy a house, you need to / must / have (got) to consider all the costs.
(For mustn’t and haven’t got to / don’t have to, see Unit 24.)
D Using have (got) to suggests that someone else or some outside circumstances or authority makes
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recommend we bite the bullet and move our operations to China.
DISCUSSING A DIFFICULT DECISION
Anna, Lynn, and Jeff are thinking about moving their manufacturing facilities from the United States to China. Jeff is having trouble deciding what to do.
Anna: We need to decide already whether or not we want to move our manufacturing from the United States to China. Jeff, have you made the final decision?
Jeff: There are pros and cons to moving it to China. I’ve been back and forth on this issue for months. I’m of two minds.
Anna: Jeff, I know this is a tough call, but now is not the time to be wishy-washy. We need to make a decision.
Lynn: That’s right, and I recommend we bite the bullet and move our operations to China.
Anna: Or we could test the waters by moving 25 percent of our operations there.
Lynn: Good idea. That would give us the best of both worlds: we
could reduce our risk, while starting to enjoy some of the cost savings from lower-cost manufacturing.
Jeff: I agree with you that we should put a stake in the ground. Let’s move a quarter of our operations to China.
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