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Mar 23, 2016 · 2.(a) We had no choice but to believe them. [Matrix clause - We had (to believe them)] 2.(b) He had no choice but to leave. [Matrix clause - He had (to leave)] So if it can license a NP, there is no reason for it to license Gerund-Participle. So grammatically the following has to be correct - I have no choice but killing you.
Jul 5, 2019 · Imagine you are in a room with two doors, and going out either door will lead to your death -- but as long as you stay in the room, you won't die immediately. The last point is what makes it a zugzwang situation. It has more similarity to the terms "stalemate" or "Mexican standoff" than it does to "no-win situation" or "Sophie's Choice". –
"(a) I have no choice" is the best in both cases. It refers to a personal act that is voluntary but chosen, usually reluctantly, in the face of certain restrictions. "(b) It cannot be helped" refers to an act that is impersonal -- perhaps performed by another or a group -- as J.R. described, associated with some undesirable outcome, but still performed.
0. There is a difference between choice and option but not in this example. "Choice" is a situation where there are several courses of action available and one must be taken. "Option" is a particular course of action in such a situation. This is why the sentence "choice is no option" makes sense but not vice versa "option is no choice".
May 6, 2023 · There's no broader rule about "but" here. The structure means roughly, "I cannot stop myself from doing X". I cannot think of any way to use "but" + infinitive other than with "can't". In "have no choice but to" + infinitive, the rule is about the word "choice", not "but". After "choice", we use "to" + infinitive.
1. You're missing a "but": There was no choice but for me to go to school yesterday. I would rather have visited my friend at the hospital. You can also say "I had no choice but ..." I had no choice but to go to school yesterday, instead of visiting my friend at the hospital like I wanted. Side note: British speakers frequently say "at hospital ...
Dec 14, 2019 · "I have no choice but to do it" means that doing it is mandatory - you have no choice, except to do the thing in question. For instance, it might be because your actions are mandated by a regulation - you aren't allowed to make a different choice.
Jan 29, 2021 · 1. We sometimes say someone's hand is forced or that something forces someone's hand to mean that they are compelled to do something they didn't want to do, or didn't want to do yet. For example, I tried to get you to see reason but you forced my hand. By not cooperating you've forced my hand, before we've even started.
Jul 7, 2016 · To see no other choice is used idiomatically to mean "to perceive there to be no other reasonable choice" or "to perceive that there is no other choice that is any better than this one." For example, in your last sentence, While many in the hard to the ultra-right as well as the moderate right, vote Republican, it is because they see no other ...
3. The last two sentences, with "choice" and "option", are perfectly fine and equivalent to each other. I would interpret the first sentence, with "alternative", as equivalent as well. However, it would not be my first choice of wording. An alternative usually refers to a secondary choice — something less conventional or less preferred.
