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I am subscribing to Reader's Digest. In one of the letters from the editor to its readers, the editor wrote .....to get the book " You need pay just Rs.399/-... " Is the sentence write? Should it not be " you need to pay just Rs.399/- Will " to " come between need and pay? Kindly clarify.
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I am subscribing to Reader's Digest. In one of the letters from the editor to its readers, the editor wrote .....to get the book " You need pay just Rs.399/-... " Is the sentence write? Should it not be " you need to pay just Rs.399/- Will " to " come between need and pay? Kindly clarify.
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Murli
"Need" can take the bare infinitive, but I think it is more common to use the "to" infinitive.
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