Timeline for Why use "need not" instead of "do not need to"?
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| Jan 20, 2018 at 22:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/954843189470523393 | ||
| Jan 18, 2018 at 14:21 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Dec 9, 2015 at 23:34 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | As Cerberus says, it's a usage of the modal 'need' (followed by the infinitive 'be'). 'You need not be present.' Compare 'You need not go.' / 'You must not be present.' You're confusing this with old-fashioned usages such as 'I insist that he be replaced.' (= 'I insist that he should / must be replaced.') | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 22:19 | comment | added | martinkunev | @EdwinAshworth What reason do you have to believe that this is not subjunctive mood? | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 16:24 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @martinkunev That is incorrect. Those constructions are different (and some would say shouldn't be called 'subjunctive' anyway). Read Cerberus's correct explanation. | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 16:15 | history | edited | herisson |
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| Jul 9, 2015 at 11:56 | comment | added | martinkunev | This is subjuncitve mood. You can read this: web.cn.edu/kwheeler/grammar_subjunctive.html | |
| Jun 26, 2014 at 18:08 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Jun 26, 2014 at 17:54 | comment | added | user82307 | Need not sounds more refined and formal. | |
| Sep 4, 2013 at 13:27 | comment | added | New Alexandria | also consider Brevity in the artful construction of language | |
| Jun 10, 2011 at 18:50 | vote | accept | seriousdev | ||
| Jun 10, 2011 at 17:35 | history | edited | snumpy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2011 at 17:34 | answer | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 79 | |
| Jun 10, 2011 at 17:15 | history | asked | seriousdev | CC BY-SA 3.0 |