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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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Hi!

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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"Need" can take the bare infinitive, but I think it is more common to use the "to" infinitive.
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I am not clear still. Kindly clarify me further.
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I am not clear still. Kindly clarify me further.
What I said was "need to pay" is more common than "need pay".
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