need + infinitive ( need is a full verb) need to + infinitive ( need is a modal auxiliary) -----------------------------------------------

Hiya GB ! Well I asked myself a similar question sometime ago... I think the answer is that the verb 'to need' also works as a modal auxiliary. So for instance you can say "oh please, you needn't bother" which is obviously a case of using it as

Hi Need is a marginal modal auxiliary, that is, it can behave as if it were a modal (bare inf and without infection), but can be used as a main verb ( to inf +inflection) too. In your sentence, need is used in modal perfect form. She need not have

dare is a marginal modal auxiliary. It can be used as a modal auxiliary with bare infinitive and without the inflected forms or as a main verbs with or without to inf and with inflected forms. He dare(s) (to) go. Dare you go? He dared

Hi "Is would like called here phrasal verb?" No, but a verb phrase Would is the past form of the modal auxiliary will "

Modal auxiliaries are always difficult for me, for I always find new meanings that cannot be found in my dictionaries, please list all the uses of will ? (not only those common uses ) Waiting................................

Statement: "Must" is about subjective necessity and "have to" about objective necessity. If so, why can't we use "must" in the past? -Remember that "must" is a full modal verb and "have to" is not. -Remember also that all 9 core modals,

<My children are required to eat an apple after their meals or My children are obligated to eat an apple after their meals. Sounds rather formal. I'm talking about an everyday conversation. Do you use modal auxiliaries in your day-to-day

Milky wrote: <The easy one first: #3 is wrong; two modal auxiliaries cannot co-occur.> Where are the two modal auxiliaries there? Guess MM's talking about the 2 would s: 3) If you would have arriv ed sooner, you would have miss

<The easy one first: #3 is wrong; two modal auxiliaries cannot co-occur.> Where are the two modal auxiliaries there?