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Old 07-24-2008, 07:08 AM
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Hi, I got a problem in English. I wonder what's the difference between "have to" and "must"? please explain it clearly thanks in advance for your hand.
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Old 07-24-2008, 04:46 PM
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i think there's a slight difference between these two, "must" shows more urgency compared to "have to". check below:


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"Must" usually gives off more of a feeling of urgency.

"I must get to the bus stop by 3:00 everyday."

"Have to" has somewhat of a looser connotation.

"I have to do a lot of work today."

You could get away with using them interchangeably, but I'd say that "must" sounds more urgent to me.
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Old 07-25-2008, 04:23 AM
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i think there's a slight difference between these two, "must" shows more urgency compared to "have to". check below:
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so actually there's no difference between those two words right just a matter of importance. I see, by the way past participle from "have to" is "had to" right? what about "must"? does the word has past participle?
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Old 07-25-2008, 04:42 AM
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i think there's no difference between both words, both have the same meaning.
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Old 07-25-2008, 08:17 PM
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so actually there's no difference between those two words right just a matter of importance. I see, by the way past participle from "have to" is "had to" right? what about "must"? does the word has past participle?

no must is not a verb, therefore it doesn't have past principle. only verbs have past participle. but it does have past form.

"have to" is not a verb either. it doesn't have past principle, it only has past form.


this way, both words are same.
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Old 07-26-2008, 03:31 AM
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Old 07-26-2008, 11:59 AM
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Yeah. I think those words just have difference in urgency.
Nothing less. Nothing more.
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yes the difference is must use at ungency situation..
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Old 08-03-2008, 04:52 AM
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my understanding is that
If you have to do something,it depends on you,you should make the desicion,but if you must to do something,it is not up to you,you have no choice.just my personal opinion.
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:00 PM
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As I know, ‘have to’ and ‘must’ has the same meaning..
However one of them is used to say something that has been planed before and the other is to say something as a sudden decision. If I am not mistaken, “must” is for the first one and “have to” is for the sudden decision...
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Old 08-09-2008, 05:14 PM
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have means u need to do soomething but it's not neccessary but must means you really2 need to do something and if it's not done you may get something terrible for your life.. hope u understand
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Hi, I got a problem in English. I wonder what's the difference between "have to" and "must"? please explain it clearly thanks in advance for your hand.
I think must is something that you are supposed to do with some common reason... And have to is something you are request to do, no matter you personally want to do it or not, you have no choice but do it...
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Old 08-15-2008, 02:42 AM
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