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Thezul Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

NEED

Hello everyone!

I got a question regarding the use of word 'NEED'...
Which one is correct?

"It need not....." or "It needs not...." n could u plzz give me the reason why?

Plzz help me...
  

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"Need" in its negation means 'not having the necessity to' and acts here as a modal auxiliary. Modal auxiliaries are always followed by an infinitive without to and do never take an -s for 3rd person: he will go to school / he won't go to school he can go to school / he can't go to school he may go to school / he may not go to school ... etc.

— Pemmican

  • "Need" in its negation means 'not having the necessity to' and acts here as a modal auxiliary.
  • Modal auxiliaries are always followed by an infinitive without to and do never take an -s for 3rd person: he will go to school / he won't go to school he can go to school / he can't go to school he may go to school / he may not go to school ...
  • etc.
  • "need" acts as a usual full verb, when it is not used in its negation and therefore the 3rd person takes an -s and the following full-verb is connected with "to" then: he needs to go to school.
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"Need" in its negation means 'not having the necessity to' and acts here as a modal auxiliary. Modal auxiliaries are always followed by an infinitive without to and do never take an -s for 3rd person:

he will go to school / he won't go to school
he can go to school / he can't go to school
he may go to school / he may not go to school ... etc.

"need" acts as a usual f
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