How can we make a question tag with "need"?

walai.wang · Tue Jan 08, 2008 17:12 pm *How can we make a question tag with "need"?*

"You need to go, needn't you?"
"She needn't to go, need she?"

Are these sentences right?

Jamie (K) · Tue Jan 08, 2008 18:02 pm *How can we make a question tag with "need"?*

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:

walai.wang · Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:43 am *How can we make a question tag with "need"?*

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?

Jamie (K) · Thu Jan 10, 2008 13:38 pm *How can we make a question tag with "need"?*

walai.wang · Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:08 am *How can we make a question tag with "need"?*

Thank you Jamie. That helps me a lot Wink

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