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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

omitting ''to'' in certain sentences

1b00Check the following sentences:02b02br
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01b00102b00: 01font00You need not 01b01i00to02i02b00 bother about this.02font02br
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01b00202b00: 01font00You need not bother about this.02font02br
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00I hope both of above sentences mean the same thing. 01b00Right? 02b02br
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00In the sentence #2 01i00to02i00 has been omitted but still sentence #2 mean the same thing as sentence #1. There are a lot of many other sentences of this kind where 01i00to02i00 can be omitted still conserving the meaning. According to what rule can 01i00to02i00 be omitted? As a foreigner to English language I don't like sentences in which 01i00to02i00 has been omitted because they don't feel natural to me.0-
  

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0 01b 00need02b 00 is modal here, 1st shouldn't be used. Search Google: 02br 02br 00 213 for "need not to bother"02br 00 131,000 for "need not bother"0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 01b 00need02b 00 is modal here, 1st shouldn't be used.
  • Search Google: 02br 02br 00 213 for "need not to bother"02br 00 131,000 for "need not bother"0-
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0 01b00need02b00 is modal here, 1st shouldn't be used. Search Google: 02br
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00 213 for "need not to bother"02br
00 131,000 for "need not bother"0-
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0 I would use these:02br
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00- You 01b00need not bother02b00 about this.02br
00- You 01b00do not need to bother02b00 about this.02br
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00You should 01b00not02b00 use "need not to bother about".0-
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01cite10Yankee12cite10I would use these:12br
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10- You 11b10need not bother12b10 about this.12br
10- You 11b10do not need to bother12b10 about this.12br
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10You should 11b10not12b10 use "need not to bother about"
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0 Not in current practice, not idiomatic. 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Not in current practice, not idiomatic. 12br
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10I couldn't understand your answer. Please explain it.0-
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0 The majority of educated people don't speak that way: not idiomatic. 0-
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0To me, the reason is not being (or not being) "idiomatic", but is about grammar.02br
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00As Yankee said, you could say either02br
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001 You 01b00need not bo
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0 Modal verb is such a verb which expresses mood. Right? Please shed some more light on the post of anonymous fellow. 0-
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0 Is there a difference between 01i00modal02i00 and 01i00modal verb02i00? 0-
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