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 #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 08, 2008 17:02 pm How can we make a question tag with "need"? |
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The sentences aren't right. "Need" isn't an auxiliary verb, so it can't be part of a tag question.
The sentences should be like this:
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You need to go, don't you?
She doesn't need to go, does she? |
For the majority of native English speakers in the world, "needn't" is a bit archaic and is not used often. |
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:43 am How can we make a question tag with "need"? |
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| Thank you for the explanation. But it seems that "need" is sometimes used as an auxiliary. So how can we distinguish it from the normal verb and the auxiliary one? |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:38 pm How can we make a question tag with "need"? |
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| walai.wang wrote: |
| Thank you for the explanation. But it seems that "need" is sometimes used as an auxiliary. So how can we distinguish it from the normal verb and the auxiliary one? |
Here is an explanation of that on the BBC website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv274.shtml
Note that in North America we seldom use "needn't", unless we're trying to be funny by imitating upper-class British people. You only need to understand "needn't", but you don't need to use it. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:08 am How can we make a question tag with "need"? |
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| Thank you Jamie. That helps me a lot :wink: :D |
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| she wouldn't know | What does it means: He was known about it? |
