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Bookmark or Share- differences - Are the expressions: "You needn't" and "You don't need to ...We can also use need as a noun here: You don't need to water the garden this evening. It's going to rain tonight. You needn't water the garden this evening. It's going to rain tonight. There's no need to water the garden this evening. It's going to rain tonight. This would confirm my initial belief; that there is no real difference in meaning ...
- "Need of" vs. "need for" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchangein need of: This is more commonly used in everyday English. I am in need of clothing. With "for": need for: There is [a] need for discipline in the classroom. Using the article "a" in the above example would be superfluous but it may emphasize that specific need. With a qualifier, the article becomes useful, although it can also be done away ...
- Why use "need not" instead of "do not need to"?It always has do-support. It can be used without another verb, with a direct object (you need him). +1 It doesn't seem that old-fashioned in the negative. Google Ngrams shows "need not" is still used much more often than either "needs not" and "does not need to".
- "need to do" vs "need do" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThat is, you say. I can do this. The verb "need" is a funny case; it is only modal in the negative. In the positive, we already have an equivalent modal verb; namely, "I must". However, there are two possible meanings for the opposite of "I must do this": "I am forbidden to do this" and "I am not required to do this".
- Formal alternatives for: "There is not a need"In general the determiner "no" can be more concise than a combination of a negated auxiliary and a. In other words There is no need might be more elegant here than "There is not a need". Secondly, the noun need normally takes preposition phrases headed by the preposition for or infinitival clauses. So the Original Poster's sentence might read ...
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