Steven Mai
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Hi all,
Can you tell me what this sentence means? It's from a book called "The Story of Abraham Lincoln".
"If a man really wants to serve his country, nothing need prevent him from doing it."
What does "nothing need prevent him from doing it" mean?
When I first heard this word, I thought oh maybe the "need" here is an adjective, or it might well be a homonym, but then I looked at the text, and looked it up in a dictionary, Googled it, I still don't understand what it means.
It seems a verb to me, so I thought is it one of those verbs that are not necessarily followed by "to", but even if that's the case, "nothing need to prevent him..."still seems a bit odd to me, also, it should have been "needs" if it's a verb, right?
Can you please tell me what it means and what part of speech it is?
Thank you very much : )
Can you tell me what this sentence means? It's from a book called "The Story of Abraham Lincoln".
"If a man really wants to serve his country, nothing need prevent him from doing it."
What does "nothing need prevent him from doing it" mean?
When I first heard this word, I thought oh maybe the "need" here is an adjective, or it might well be a homonym, but then I looked at the text, and looked it up in a dictionary, Googled it, I still don't understand what it means.
It seems a verb to me, so I thought is it one of those verbs that are not necessarily followed by "to", but even if that's the case, "nothing need to prevent him..."still seems a bit odd to me, also, it should have been "needs" if it's a verb, right?
Can you please tell me what it means and what part of speech it is?
Thank you very much : )