There is a sentence from GoT: I'm to go north to the Wall.
Are there any differences between the sentences:
I am to go north
I have to go north
?
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There is a sentence from GoT: I'm to go north to the Wall.
Are there any differences between the sentences:
I am to go north
I have to go north
?
Best Answer
This is a common way of expressing obligation in modern English.
This is a rare, possibly old-fashioned, or extra formal way to express future events that can't be avoided. Not so much obligation, but a certain future.
Comparing these. The second suggests that the speaker would try to stop the execution. The first doesn't carry that implication. A judge passing sentence would use the first expression.
People rarely talk like this, except when acting in films with an "old-world" theme.