Have to & must

@Ihab posted:

Which is better people have to wear masks in public transport or they will be fined.

Hello, Ihab, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange.

Would you care to punctuate your question properly? Your question is too sloppily written for me to give it my time.

Hello David,

I'm really delighted to join your site and I appreciate your reply. I'm sorry for not punctuating my note but I was busy thinking of  which is more accurate people must wear masks or have to wear masks as I noticed before.

Thanks a lot

Hi, D, and welcome to the G.E,

@D posted:

As if you haven't already spent your precious time being snarky? What a waste!

I think you have misunderstood what David means here. David wants to refer to the fact that "punctuation is crucial in written English" as it helps to clarify the writer's intended meaning and makes the reader able to understand it. Without proper punctuation, it would be very difficult to comprehend English. That's why, this site pays much attention to it.

@Ihab posted:

  which is more accurate people must wear masks or have to wear masks

I see that both are possible, but 'have to' would sound better if this were a question in an exam.

1. People must wear masks in public transport or they will be fined.

This is the voice of law itself or it might be said by a person in charge.

2. People have to wear masks in public transport or they will be fined.

This is what someone will use when informing someone else of a situation. He/She is just reporting what the law says and means that wearing masks is mandatory.

Hi, Ahmed, and welcome to G.E, thanks for clarifying and giving more explanation  the usage of must and have to, as you know the usage of both must & have to can make  confusion for students and teachers. I hope you appreciate that it was my first blog on your respected site.

Thanks

T

@Ihab posted:

I'm sorry for not punctuating my note but I was busy thinking of  which is more accurate people must wear masks or have to wear masks as I noticed before.

@Ihab posted:

Which is better people have to wear masks in public transport or they will be fined.

Hi, Ihab—The problem is that you have not punctuationally differentiated (whether by quotation marks, by italics, or by separate lines) the example constructions you are asking about from the hosting sentence in which you have asked the question. Consequently, both posts contain nonsense.

Ok, Sir, but which is better? if I use: people"must" wear masks in public transport or they will be fined. sentence 2: people" have to" wear masks in public transport or they will be fined. David, do you agree with ahmed's previous post? or you have another opinion. Thanks

@Ihab posted:

Ok, Sir, but which is better? if I use: people"must" wear masks in public transport or they will be fined. sentence 2: people" have to" wear masks in public transport or they will be fined. David, do you agree with ahmed's previous post? or you have another opinion. Thanks

That's much better. Let me show you how you could make it even better.

Which is better?

(1) People must wear masks in public transport or they will be fined.
(2) People have to wear masks in public transport or they will be fined.

Can you see why that is easier to read than the completely ungrammatical, sloppy, and nonsensical "Which is better people have to wear masks in public transport or they will be fined"?

Yes, I do agree with Ahmed's answer to your question.

Thanks, David, I'm very grateful to you.

Thanks.