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Hi!
Is there any difference in meaning between these two sentences? Do don't have to and needn't mean the same? I don't have to do the hoovering every day.
I needn't do the hoovering every day.
Thank you
Mia
the difference is where the obligation comes from.
I need not ... -- the obligation comes from me.
I do not have to -- the obligation comes from someone else
the difference is where the obligation comes from.
I need not ... -- the obligation comes from me.
I do not have to -- the obligation comes from someone else
Hi, Svartnik! Как дела?
Can you clarify what you mean?
I needn't = I do not feel it is necessary for me to do sg but if you wish you can do. Right?
I do not have to -- someone else thinks that it is not obligatory that I do sg
don't have to / needn't 
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