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Kunsusuki Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is it correct?

Hi.
Is saying "that I need spend" correct? Is it possible to place two verbs successively? Thank you in advance.
The fact that the brain is the one immediate bodily condition of the mental operations is indeed so universally admitted nowadays that I need spend no more time in illustrating it
  

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kunsusuki Is saying "that I need spend" correct? Yes, though reading it, I sense that it is becoming a little old-fashioned. kunsusuki Is it possible to place two verbs successively?

— Mister Micawber

  • kunsusuki Is saying "that I need spend" correct?
  • Yes, though reading it, I sense that it is becoming a little old-fashioned.
  • kunsusuki Is it possible to place two verbs successively?
  • 'Need' and 'dare' are two verbs that still preserve that ability.
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kunsusukiIs saying "that I need spend" correct?
Yes, though reading it, I sense that it is becoming a little old-fashioned.
kunsusukiIs it possible to place two verbs successively?
'Need' and 'dare' are two verbs that still preserve that ability.
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Mister Micawber I sense that it is becoming a little old-fashioned
Indeed, because it is extracted from William James' The Principles of Psychology-1842. Would it be odd, if I use it in my writings?
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Not particularly, but you can use 'need' as a modal only in a negative context:

I need spend no time ...
I need spend some time ...

I don't think you need worry about ...
I think you need worry about ...

You needn't come in ...
You need come in ...
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