CarloSsS
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It's impossible to say without a context that 'must' means 'have to' and that it is used in the same way, or that it isn't.
I provided context in the 1st and 16th post. When I tried to compare "must" and "have to", I referred to those (and similar) sentences.
What about these two?
I have to clean up my bedroom
I need to clean up my bedroom
What is the difference between these two?
Perhaps you should start a new thread if you want to introduce "ought" and "should" and "need to" etc. or it's going to get extremely complicated.
You're right, "ought to" is and "should" (which I never mentioned and am not interested in) are quite different and shouldn't be discussed here, my bad. However, I feel that "need to" has a very similar meaning to "have to" and "must" and can be discussed here. The only reason why I didn't add "need to" to the tile is that I just didn't remember it when I started the thread.
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