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Must and Have To
Must and Have To
Obligations
We usually use must to talk about obligations which come from the speaker and we
generally use have to when we refer to obligations that come from outside the speaker.
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I must buy some new clothes. Mine look so The obligation is from me to buy new clothes.
old.
I have to buy some new clothes. Im starting a The obligation is from the school to buy new
new job as a teacher and we have to wear clothes.
formal clothes
Must expresses the speaker's feelings, and have to expresses an impersonal idea:
You must come. I want your to do that
Have to mainly expresses general obligations, while must is used for specific
obligations: