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How to...use "to be supposed to" in 3 different ways
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How to Be Supposed to in a Job Role
To be supposed to is part of our modal verb group. It's a modal verb phrase that we can put in the same category as things like must and have. So essentially it's when something is expected or required, when we are expected or required to do something. And as well, also when something doesn't go as expected or required. But if we look at the two sentences, for example, I have to mark homework,. it's an obligation, I have no choice over that action.
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