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Must have vs. Must of
Must have
/mʌst hæv/Examples:
Owning a passport is a must have for travelers.The latest edition is a must have for every book lover.A laptop is a must have for college students.
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Must of
/mʌst əv/Examples:
It's a must of innovation and creativity.The concert was a must of energy and excitement.Her library is a must of literary classics.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Must have is the correct grammatical form, used to indicate necessity or strong likelihood in the past or present.
- Must of is a common error in informal writing, where of is mistakenly used instead of the correct auxiliary verb have.
- Think of have as accompanying verbs in perfect tense, while of is more often a preposition in phrases like a can of soda.
- You use must have when expressing a requirement or assumption about what happened or should be done.
- Remember that must of occurs due to its similar sound to must’ve, a contraction of must have.
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