If she is talking to another mother about how she deals with the problem of muddy feet, then she would probably use 'have to'.
With regard to the first one, I still hold that the only modal that could be used is 'should', but in the second case, if we are talking from the mother's point of view, the verb could only be 'must' in her directive. When I suggested that your phrases would have been better with 'should' I was not considering them as direct orders, but rather things that ought to be done in general. I don't think one person so far has agreed that "must wear uniforms" is wrong. There are some very sharp people in this forum. In fact, there are debates that have been going on for centuries and that remain unresolved. You will find that most of us agree most of the time about what is correct and incorrect, but not always.Īnd frequently when there is a disagreement, there are very well-educated and knowledgeable people on both sides of the debate. There is no central authority that has the right to declare anything as absolutely right or wrong. There is one thing you must/have to remember about English. I would say: "At my school, students have to wear a uniform."īut I would consider anyone who marked the other possibility, "must", as wrong to be following rules that are, at best, highly questionable. "At my school, students must/have to wear a uniform." I voted that "must" and "have to" are not interchangeable in all situations merely because I know that there are almost always special cases.Īpparently your problem is with this sentence: Click to expand.Why are you capitalizing "Native Speaker"? As a general term, this should be all lower case.
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