Negative sentence

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You need to go there.

You need not to go there. or
You need not go there.
Thank you.
 
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You need not go there.
 
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I'm not a teacher
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Or you don't need to go there. :)
 
You don't need to go there. = need is the main verb

You need not go there. = need is a modal auxiliary and takes bare infinitive (no to)
 
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