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- Chino tradicional (Taiwan)
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Inglés (US)
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¿Esto suena natural? It is essential that we have to hand out the homework on time.
¿Esto suena natural? It is essential that we have to hand out the homework on time.
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13 sep 2016
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- Inglés (US)
Poco natural
@dream9713: the meaning is clear and the structure is understandable.
the opening is very formal, like a report or a board meeting.
in an English classroom/school this would be better.
We need to pass out homework on time.
We should be passing homework out on time.
if you still want to be a little formal just switch essential out for necessary.
it is necessary that we hand out homework on time.
only use 'the' if you mean a specific homework assignment.
Also these words(essential, need, should) all imply to some degree an obligation the phrase 'we have to' is unneeded.
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It is essential that we hand out the homework on time.
- Inglés (US)
Poco natural
@dream9713: the meaning is clear and the structure is understandable.
the opening is very formal, like a report or a board meeting.
in an English classroom/school this would be better.
We need to pass out homework on time.
We should be passing homework out on time.
if you still want to be a little formal just switch essential out for necessary.
it is necessary that we hand out homework on time.
only use 'the' if you mean a specific homework assignment.
Also these words(essential, need, should) all imply to some degree an obligation the phrase 'we have to' is unneeded.

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