Must vs. Have to - What is the difference? - English Grammar Lesson

The difference between MUST and HAVE TO in English with example sentences.
We start by looking at the difference in meaning between:
- I must write a letter to John ... and ...
- I have to write a letter to John.
We look at obligation and whether it is personal or external.
We learn which to use when creating questions.
We look at MUST in the difference tenses including the past tense and the future tense.
As a bonus, we compare HAVE TO vs. HAVE GOT TO, including which to use with adverbs of frequency.
Full lesson and transcript here:
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I've got a question about. Any difference between future obligation using "must" and future of must "will have to" ? 1. I will have to leave work early tomorrow. 2. I must leave work early tomorrow.

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I will have to create a video about that.

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[@NgọcTrịnh-d8y]

Please explain this: In this video, it says use "Have to" when others make the decisions. But in another video of yours about Uses of Must, it says use "Must" for laws, rules, and obligations: E.g: She must pass the English exam. She can't graduate without it. Why is "Must" used in the sentence while others (the university officials) make the decision?

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Hello, can I use must be doing with stative verbs, like He must be believing me . (I am sure he believes me) He must be having a dog. Thanks

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First of all thank you soooo much for your videos they are really of great help ❤❤❤. I want to ask you .do we use have got to in the past tense and in the negative form the same way as have to???

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Yes, have to = have got to.

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Is have to a model verb ?

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No

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Basically, it depends upon the audience you're address ing to determine which usage ?

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You should obey your parents. You must do it. They may have done it. He must be speaking the truth. We must be at home. Which tense all of these sentences. Pls explain 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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They use modal verbs, check out my videos about each one.

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@@WoodwardEnglish pls make a video about modal tense, I am totally confused. I want to know how to understand which tense. Is it simple present or present perfect or present continuous?

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Hello there. I have a question to ask you. This sentence: You must return the books on time. If you want to keep them longer, you （ ）renew them. In this blank, which one do I use? have to or must? Please tell me. Thanks.

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The answer is in the video.

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If you can ask a question: e.g. Must you make some noise? How to answer to this question? Yes, you must/No, you don't have to? Is that correct?

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That question doesn't sound natural.

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So as i understund both are the same?

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Why he has got to be more patient is the same as he must be more patient?

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there is somthing about I'm not very sure. About the second sentence, "The teacher said: You must complete the essay by Friday" here "must" is used as an imposition, the students has not other option? What I mean is that if they don't want to do it, they can, of course they will have a bad punctuation. If a police say you to you to do something, he is going to tell You "you have to" because he is not giving you other option, it doesn't depend of you if you want or not to do it. is this right?

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Yes, that is right.

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Indeed, It's an amazing lesson about Must and Have to, this topic is an obstacle to our students in The Egyptian Schools, but now I'v the right decision to deal with this point in English Grammar. Thanks a lot. (Mr Hassan El Sheikh, 55 yrs - Cairo, Egypt.)

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I must do my homework. I have to do my homework.

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As a native speaker from the US, I can say these are used interchangeably with most of us.

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Yes, sometimes they are used interchangeably (depends on the region). * Also a native speaker :)

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Hello sir , could you please tell me the difference between 'have to' and' need to ' ?

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I don't have a lesson about that yet.

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Are the images printable?

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Some teachers print them, many show the video in class. Some of these lessons have a better version that comes in PDF form that can be printed. Since this is a new video, I don't have the PDF version for Must vs. Have to available yet. The ones that are currently available can be found here: www.woodwardenglish.com/shop/

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