1, He needs not go there. 2. He need not go there. Which is grammatical?
wotcha Senior Member Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea May 15, 2013 #1 1, He needs not go there. 2. He need not go there. Which is grammatical?
Chicken Sandwich Senior Member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Russian Home Country Russian Federation Current Location Netherlands May 15, 2013 #2 Which do you think is correct?
wotcha Senior Member Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea May 15, 2013 #3 Chicken Sandwich said: Which do you think is correct? Click to expand... I think 2 is grammatical because need here is used as an auxiliary verb.
Chicken Sandwich said: Which do you think is correct? Click to expand... I think 2 is grammatical because need here is used as an auxiliary verb.
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic May 15, 2013 #4 wotcha said: I think 2 is grammatical because need here is used as a auxiliary verb. Click to expand... More precisely, it functions as a modal (auxiliary) verb. We can also use 'need' non-modally - He doesn't need to go there.
wotcha said: I think 2 is grammatical because need here is used as a auxiliary verb. Click to expand... More precisely, it functions as a modal (auxiliary) verb. We can also use 'need' non-modally - He doesn't need to go there.