What's the difference between "have to" and "need to" in these sentences?

[Mooczueri]

Hello, I'd like to learn in depth the difference between "have to" and "need to". There are some meanings of "have to" with example sentences given in these dictionaries:

* https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have to

* https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/have#have__49

Could you tell me in which meanings (or sentences if necessary) "have to" can be replaced by "need to" without changing the meaning?

Many thanks in advance

 

[emsr2d2]

Don't ask us to click on external links to find the sentences you're asking us about. Please edit post #1 to add all the sentences yourself (leave the links in place).

 

[Mooczueri]

If you actually want to help, just two clicks won't stop you, and it's far less work than adding these sentences here. Also, copying them directly might violate copyright

 

[emsr2d2]

If you actually want to help, just two clicks won't stop you, and it's far less work than adding these sentences here. Also, copying them directly might violate copyright.

It won't violate copyright laws if you leave the link where it is, in case anyone wants to check. However, the fact that you've had no responses to this thread shows that people aren't willing to go to hyperlinks to find the basis for the question. You're new here so we'll forgive you for not knowing how it all works.

 

[Mooczueri]

Well, if people aren't willing to go to hyperlinks, they aren't willing to click two times to answer my question. I don't need forgiveness – if you don't want to help me, I'll simply ask someone else or try to go through some sources myself. Also, there's no need to correct the lack of the final full stop. I, like many people, omit it on purpose. Goodbye

 

[Skrej]

Omission of ending punctuation is ungrammatical regardless of where the sentence in question comes in a paragraph. It signifies an incomplete idea.

I really don't understand this current trend of omitting final periods, when the same people are willing to use them earlier in a paragraph. Conversely, I see no one arguing to omit question marks or other ending punctuation.

While people may choose to omit them as part of some trend, we have no way of knowing whether it's a personal choice, typographical error, or lack of knowledge, so we correct posts.

This is a forum to learn about grammatical correct English usage, hence our efforts to correct and provide feedback on errors we notice. If learners choose to ignore such feedback, that's their prerogative, but it's unreasonable to expect us to disregard our mission and standards.

People don't always want to take the risks of clicking on hyperlinks. It's fine to leave them and leave that choice to the individual, but it shouldn't require anyone to click. Secondly, many countries have firewalls implemented which prevent users from accessing certain websites. Also, clicking links takes up additional bandwidth. Some visitors with limited bandwidth, slow internet connections, throttled data, or other access limitations simply can't click the links even if they wish to.

 

[emsr2d2]

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