Obligation and invitations
Must
expressing obligation is quite strong, but it is also used to express polite
invitations:
You
must get those done by tomorrow.
I told her she
must keep her door locked at all times.
A: You must come down and have a meal with us sometime.
B: Yeah.
(polite invitation)
Rules and laws
Must
and must not often occur in public signs and notices indicating laws, rules
and prohibitions:
[airline website information]
All passengers
must present valid photo identification at check-in for all flights.
[public notice at a railway station]
Passengers
must not cross the line.
Reproaches
Must
in the interrogative form is used to issue reproaches and often expresses a
feeling of exasperation on the part of the speaker:
Must you have that music so loud?
Why
must people always park right across our exit?
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