[Grammar] Which one is correct?

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I want to know which one is correct.
1. You need not to worry about him.
2. You need not worry above him.
 

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You don't need to worry about him.
You need not worry about him.

Please note that "please" is a well-used word in English.
 

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Welcome to the forums, faisaljan.:)

Please note that better title would have been You need not to worry about him.

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I never participated at any forum before therefore your Guidelines are always needed. I will improve my thread titles next time. thanks
 

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Sorry that I failed to notice that that was your first post or I would have welcomed you as well. :hi:
 

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In sentence #2, as well as changing "to worry" to "worry", you changed "about" to "above". Was that an accident?
 

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In sentence #2, as well as changing "to worry" to "worry", you changed "about" to "above". Was that an accident?
the real sentence was " You need not to worry above him" which appears in examination which I was taken recently. I am aware of that if "Need"comes in a sentence as a verb then we don"t need to put "to" in that sentence, but I did not change "above".
 

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In that case there was an error in the original exam question. "You need not worry above him" is not a grammatical English sentence. It has no meaning.
 

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I had been assuming it was an auto-correct error.
 

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I think these words bid, would rather, had better, make, let, hear, behold also does not take "to" after them, Right?
 

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Similarly "My parents made me to promise to write them once a week"
 

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Yes, it should be "My parents made me promise ...". Note that in BrE, it would go on to say "... to write to them once a week". In AmE, that "to" before "them" can be omitted.

NOTE: This post has been edited after my typo was pointed out. I have amended it to avoid confusion.
 
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Welcome to the forums, faisaljan.:)


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I have posted other threads as well. If I failed to give a suitable title then please guide me.
 

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Your other threads had good titles.:-D
 

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In AmE, that "to" before "write" can be omitted.

I'm sure you meant "In AmE, that "to" before "them" can be omitted.":-D
 

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You are absolutely right. To avoid confusion, I have edited that reply and explained my edit.
 
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