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now had to or now has to ?
I wish I could agree with you.But I don't. Because "had to" is past form of "have to".İf we use "now", it means the action still continue.So we need to use "has to" instead of "had to" if "now" means "at present"
Duran, I have to agree with Nero. Although it seems counter-intuitive, the "now" functions like a historical present. Here's another example from a site for learning English. "I now had my dream job but everything changed. I now had to wake up much earlier to _
http://www.ecenglish.com/learne...ns/use-english
OK.Dejo. You say, "we use "now" as a historical present". If so I agree with you.
OK.CK. Do all the sentences match only the Japanese ones? I did't know this.
OK. Thank you. I try to be careful next time.
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His wife now had to take care of his grandfather, not to mention their two children.
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