"You need not to do this" or "You need not do this"

[tufguy]

"You need not to do this" or "You need not do this" which one is correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

1. "You need not to do this." [STRIKE]or[/STRIKE]
2. "You need not do this."

Which one is correct?

Note my changes above. We have asked you before to number your sentences. I can't believe that yet again I had to capitalise the first word of a sentence for you.

Only sentence 2 is correct.

 

[emsr2d2]

By the way, tufguy, you have another three threads currently in moderation. You seem to have forgotten that we have asked you multiple times not to post a lot of questions at the same time. You haven't even acknowledged my responses to your two open threads. We won't be approving your other threads until the two open ones have been completely dealt with.

 

[Rover_KE]

I've already deleted two new threads for the reason shown.

 

[tufguy]

Note my changes above. We have asked you before to number your sentences. I can't believe that yet again I had to capitalise the first word of a sentence for you.

Only sentence 2 is correct.

Okay, so we say "You need not do this" but "You don't need to do this". Am I correct?

 

[Tarheel]

"You need not to do this" or "You need not do this" which one is correct?

Do you have any context for that?

 

[emsr2d2]

Regardless of context, "You need not to do this" is always wrong.

Both "You need not do this" and "You do not need to do this" are correct and mean the same.

 

[Tarheel]

"You don't need to do it" would be more natural than either one. (My opinion.)

 

[Phaedrus]

Regardless of context, "You need not to do this" is always wrong.

I think it's possible with extremely heavy stress on "not," though it's perhaps slightly better with a split infinitive:

You need NOT to do this.
You need to NOT do this.

But it would be more natural to say "You need to refrain from doing this" or "You need to stop doing this" instead.

Note that all four examples do not mean the same thing as "You need not do this" or "You don't need to do this."

 

[emsr2d2]

I was just coming back into this thread to say that I would accept "You need to NOT do that" (but not "not to do") in a certain context. I'm loath to go into that in more detail for fear of confusing the OP and taking the thread off track.

 

[tufguy]

Do you have any context for that?

"You don't need to do washing up" or "You need not do washing up". Are these correct?

 

[GoesStation]

"You don't need to do washing up" or "You need not do washing up". Are these correct?

I've marked two noun phrases. Apply the suggestion ems recently made about articles and post your revised sentences in a new message.

 

[tufguy]

I've marked two noun phrases. Apply the suggestion ems recently made about articles and post your revised sentences in a new message.

1) "You don't need to do the washing up".

2) "You need not do the washing up".