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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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need as semi modal and as lexical verb
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How can we tell if "need" is semi modal or lexical verb?
i.e. You have to need to do it.
Is need here a lexical verb or semi modal? Why?
How can we tell if "need" is semi modal or lexical verb?
i.e. You have to need to do it.
Is need here a lexical verb or semi modal? Why?
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Anonymous need to do it It's a lexical verb there. Modal need takes a bare infinitival complement ( You needn't worry ), whereas lexical need takes a to -infinitival.
- Anonymous need to do it It's a lexical verb there.
- Modal need takes a bare infinitival complement ( You needn't worry ), whereas lexical need takes a to -infinitival.
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Anonymousneed to do itIt's a lexical verb there. Modal need takes a bare infinitival complement (You needn't worry), whereas lexical need takes a to-infinitival.
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