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I think it depends on what variety you want to teach For American English the simple guidelines I follow are When have is not an auxiliary verb it behaves like all other verbs and so you need don t doesn t to make it negative I don t have any money same structure as I don t need any money I don t...

Hello In affirmative sentences we use has when the subject is he she it She and he can replace a proper name John Mary while it can replace a singular noun my cat that book or an uncountable one this information Otherwise we use have So I have you have we have they have He has she has it has John...

quoteuser Viceidol Hi I know that auxiliary verb need cannot be used in affirmative statements but how about this one Is this correct You need only see her quote Hi Let me quote Swann Practical English Usage 3rd ed 366 2 quote Need can also have the same present tense forms as modal auxiliary...

The semiauxiliary does not normally appear in affirmative sentences only negative They needn t be and interrogative Need they be good to know thanks

I needn t have gone to work was unnecessary still I did I did not need to go to work was unnecessary not inferable if I did These are different because you have set them in different tenses The appropriate comparison is between I needn t go to work and I did not need to go to work which have the...

Note the definition Operators are the modals can could will would etc and forms of be and also forms of do or have used as auxiliaries The negative adverb not can only be carried by an operator i e can only be used when accompanied by an operator To negate a sentence without an operator the...

Hello meg2589 and all I almost exclusively teach Spanish students with the exception of some American students who are learning Spanish but this is a different story I can tell you the most common mistakes and difficulties that we Spanish people find when studying English The first problem that...