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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

have to /must

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00I am confused about "obligation".02br
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0 An obligation is a duty. 02br 02br 00 Suppose that your boss said "Hanuman, Mr. Brown is coming to town to visit our company.

— CalifJim

  • 0 An obligation is a duty.
  • 02br 02br 00 Suppose that your boss said "Hanuman, Mr.
  • Brown is coming to town to visit our company.
  • Go and meet Mr.
  • Brown at the train station"02br 02br 00 You can say:02br 01i 00It is my duty to meet Mr.
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0 An obligation is a duty. It is some action you are required to do.02br
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0Hello Mr.C.J02br
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0 but jim, where does the difference between "must" and "have to" lie then? as far as I know "must" expresses an internal obligation and "have to" an external one. Here, can "meeting the boss at the station" be an internal obligation. Not likely, I think. Why do you (native speakers) use must in this case then? Can you give me an example in which one is possible and the other not? Can we use the
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10but jim, where does the difference between "must" and "have to" lie then? as far as I know "must" expresses an internal obligation and "have to" an external one. Here, can "meeting the boss at the station" be an internal obligation. Not likely, I think. Why do you (native speakers) use must in this case then? Can
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0thank you, Milky.02br
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10[Check out this link 11a11font10"has to" as a helping verb? 12font12a11a11font15012font12a10 on the Linguistics forum.
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10thank you, Milky.12br
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00but jim, where does the difference between "must" and "have to" lie then? as far as I know "must" expresses an internal obligation and "have to" an external one.12blockquote
10 With all due respect to hanuman, this is a question more advanced than necessary to answer his question for now. In the beginning stages of learning it is best
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10but jim, where does the difference between "must" and "have to" lie then? as far as I know "must" expresses an internal obligation and "have to" an external one.22blockquote
20With all due respect to hanuman, this is a question more advanced than necessary to answer
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