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Help me!!
If
Ineedn't have got up= Needn't+perfect infinitive or modal verb + have + past participle then what is the answer to;
I've been waiting (for an hour!)
and
(if I) had (a lot of money,) I'd buy (a Ferrari.)
The stuff in brackets doesn't matter! If anyone has an answer I would be soooo, grateful!!!
Ineedn't have got up= Needn't+perfect infinitive or modal verb + have + past participle then what is the answer to;
I've been waiting (for an hour!)
and
(if I) had (a lot of money,) I'd buy (a Ferrari.)
The stuff in brackets doesn't matter! If anyone has an answer I would be soooo, grateful!!!
Top answer
Your question is a bit confusing. First, the structure is not possible in my opinion. The *** sentence should be: I didn't have to get up.
- Your question is a bit confusing.
- First, the structure is not possible in my opinion.
- The *** sentence should be: I didn't have to get up.
- "Need" as modal implies necessity, so, if you don't have the necessity of something or doing something, either you "don't need it" or you "don't have to do something".
- " is correct and it's not a question.
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Your question is a bit confusing.
First, the structure is not possible in my opinion. The *** sentence should be:
I didn't have to get up.
"Need" as modal implies necessity, so, if you don't have the necessity of something or doing something, either you "don't need it" or you "don't have to do something".
"I have been waiting..." is correct and it's not a
First, the structure is not possible in my opinion. The *** sentence should be:
I didn't have to get up.
"Need" as modal implies necessity, so, if you don't have the necessity of something or doing something, either you "don't need it" or you "don't have to do something".
"I have been waiting..." is correct and it's not a
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Raul, the structure need not + perfect infinitive does exist, and it is not quite the same with the did not have to structure.
Compare:
1. He needn't have woken me up: He did wake me up but that was unnecessary.
2. He didn't have to wake me up: It was not necessary for him to wake me up, but did he? We do not know.
If we say that someone need not have d
Compare:
1. He needn't have woken me up: He did wake me up but that was unnecessary.
2. He didn't have to wake me up: It was not necessary for him to wake me up, but did he? We do not know.
If we say that someone need not have d
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Thank you so much for the explanation. I wasn't aware of this difference. Actually, the modal "need" is much more common in BrE and it's been quite a long time since I last heard British English around me.
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No probs
I think you are right about it being another of those UK/US things.
I think you are right about it being another of those UK/US things.0
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