Who can help me with explaining "must be"?
Today I see sb.use "must be" as following: Loves nothing but is must be joyful. To pass your examination, translation test is must be. Any grammatical error in these 2 sentences? If not, "must be" is a fixed phrase?Is "must" a noun? Usually I use must as a modal verb.for instance He must be joking. Or as a noun.for instance Learning English is a must for a middle school student. Can you help me?
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The correct use of the word 'must' is simply to add an imperative to a suggested action.
To refer to something as a 'must - do' is common, but it might be necessary how it became so, because it is colloquial, and a result of shortening of speech.
Originally it would have been 'there are several places you must visit when you go to France; you must visit the louvre, and you must visit the Eiffel tower...' this is long winded. To shorten this, we say 'the Eiffel router is a must-see, as is the Louvre'.
Grammatically, it is incorrect, but it works because it implies a hypothetical argument as to why one must do this.
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You should have written your question like this.
Today I saw somebody using "must be" as following:
Love's nothing but it must be joyful.
To pass your examination, translation test is must .
"Must" is model verb as well as noun. The way you have used it as model verb and as noun are both correct.
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must-
comb. form (must + verb的组合形式)
used to form adjectives and nouns denoting things that are essential or highly recommended:
a must-visit destination (必须得去的地方)
the new material on this disc makes it a must-buy. (这张碟必须得买)
翻译成中文是“必须得”
Loves nothing but is must be joyful. 要爱,就必须得爱能够给你带来快乐的东西。
To pass your examination, translation test is must be. 要想顺利通过考试,就必须得搞定翻译测试。
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