Abdul Kaium Tanvir Posted 9 years ago
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Tense

One of Germany's biggest music festivals is to resume a day after the site had to be evacuated because of a "potential terrorist threat".

I found the line in BBC News.Why " the site had to be" is used here?To me ,"the site has to be" is right. Am I right?

  

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Abdul Kaium Tanvir Why " the site had to be" is used here? Because the evacuation was a past action. Abdul Kaium Tanvir To me ,"the site has to be" is right.

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Abdul Kaium TanvirWhy " the site had to be" is used here?

Because the evacuation was a past action.

Abdul Kaium TanvirTo me ,"the site has to be" is right. Am I right?

No, you are not, sorry.