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Must / Have to - cours
MUST HAVE TOMust and have to are used to express obligation or the need to do somethingthey can be used interchangeably however
---MUST: (subjective obligation) in general expresses what the speaker thinks is necessaryI must stop smoking / We must go it's already midnight /They must work harder
__HAVE TO: (objective obligation) in general suggests that somebody else has imposed the decisionIn France you have to drive on the right / Tom has to wear a uniform at school
----Tenses1° have to can be used in all tenses:Tom had to wear a uniform last year / Tom will have to wear a uniform next yearSonia is having to wait / she may have to come back tomorrow2° must can be used to talk about the present or the futureTom must call his mother tomorrowbut it can't be used to talk about the past ( you use have to)----Interrogative formDo you have to leave now? / Must you leave right now?----Negative formThe negative form of must and the negative form of have to are very different in meaning1° must not / mustn't is used to say that something is not allowedChildren mustn't play with fire / Passengers must not talk to the driver / Visitors mustn't smoke'must not 'can't be used to talk about the past, you use another structureexample: we were not allowed to park near the museum2° don't have to means that there is no obligation to do something, but you can do it if you wantyou don't have to drink alcohol, you can have a soft drinkshe doesn't have to arrive before 9 |