0
Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
verb need
what is the difference between need as a model verb and need as a regular verb?
Top answer
" The regular verb has no such restriction: Affirmative: I need a piece of chocolate. Negative: I don't need to eat another piece of chocolate. There's no simple past form of the modal; you have to use the regular verb.
- " The regular verb has no such restriction: Affirmative: I need a piece of chocolate.
- Negative: I don't need to eat another piece of chocolate.
- There's no simple past form of the modal; you have to use the regular verb.
- "
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
1 Answers
0
The modal "need," which expresses the aspect of obligation, is almost always used in a negative sense:
"One needn't pay a debt he didn't incur."
The affirmative form will usually have a negative pronoun to keep the sense:
"No one need pay a debt he didn't incur."
The regular verb has no such restriction:
Affirmative: I need a piece of c
"One needn't pay a debt he didn't incur."
The affirmative form will usually have a negative pronoun to keep the sense:
"No one need pay a debt he didn't incur."
The regular verb has no such restriction:
Affirmative: I need a piece of c
0
Related Questions