Word order

[RonBee]

looking for a job

I need to get a job.
My goal is to get a job.
I hope to get a job.
I have to get a job.
I'm looking for a job.

[borsbali]

Thanks a lot, RonBee, but it has nothing to do with what I asked (only the 2nd sentence)
Anyway, could you please explain me how to use "need" correctly in the following examples and if there are any difference between them:

- I need to know about the story. / I need know about it.
- I don't need to know about it. / I needn't know about it.
- Do you need to know about it? / Need you know about it?

Thanks,

Balázs.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by borsbali

Thanks a lot, RonBee, but it has nothing to do with what I asked (only the 2nd sentence)
Anyway, could you please explain me how to use "need" correctly in the following examples and if there are any differences between them:

- I need to know about the story. / I need know about it.
- I don't need to know about it. / I needn't know about it.
- Do you need to know about it? / Need you know about it?

The first sentence of each pair is OK. The second sentence of each pair is not. We can talk about why that is if you like.

~R

[borsbali]

Hi, RonBee!

Of course, I am interested in the details. I like being corrected

So, I am sure that the second sentences are also grammatically correct, but the one in the first row. Could you please explain me, why (not)?

Thanks a lot.

Bye,

Balázs.

[RonBee]

I need to know about the story.
I need know about it.
I don't need to know about it.
I needn't know about it.
Do you need to know about it?
Need you know about it?

(I have asked Tdol to join this thread. I am waiting for him.)

~R

[borsbali]

OK, it would be good!
B.

[MrPedantic]

Just as a footnote:

1. I needn't know about it.
2. Need you know about it?

In BrE, these would both be possible.

"I need know about it" wouldn't be used, however. Why this is, I don't know!

Best wishes,

MrP

[RonBee]

England and America--two countries separated by a common language.

[Tdol]

Need can behave as an ordinary verb, where it is followed by a noun phrase (I need a break) or an infinitive (I need to go/don't need to go). It can also behave as a modal verb (I needn't go and, less commonly, in the interrogative need I go?). Somewhere along the way, the affirmative form got lost, though you will come across it very occasionally.