Need is used both as an ordinary verb and as an auxiliary verb.<\/p>\n
As an ordinary verb\u00a0need\u00a0<\/b>is used in the sense of \u2018require\u2019. It has the usual forms\u00a0needs<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0needed.<\/b>\u00a0Ordinary need is followed by an infinitive with to<\/a>.<\/p>\n Questions and negatives are made with\u00a0do.<\/b><\/p>\n The auxiliary form of\u00a0need\u00a0<\/b>is used mainly in questions and negatives. It is also used after negative words like hardly<\/a> and only.<\/p>\n The auxiliary\u00a0need<\/b>\u00a0is followed by an infinitive\u00a0without to.\u00a0<\/b>It has no \u2013s in the third person singular.<\/p>\n Questions and negatives are made without do.<\/p>\n Note that the auxiliary form of need is rare in American English.<\/p>\n The auxiliary\u00a0need\u00a0<\/b>is mainly used to ask for or give permission. It is not used to talk about habitual or general things.<\/p>\n Need is usually used in questions without \u2018not\u2019.<\/p>\n If the answer is in the negative, you should say \u2013 \u2018No, he need not\u2019 or \u2018No, you need not\u2019. But if the answer is in the positive, you should say \u2013 \u2018Yes, he must\u2019 or \u2018Yes, you must\u2019. The opposite of\u00a0need not<\/b>\u00a0in such a context is not need but\u00a0must.<\/b><\/p>\n The structure need not + perfect infinitive can be used to say that somebody did something, but that was unnecessary.<\/p>\n Note that\u00a0need not have\u00a0<\/b>does not mean the same as\u00a0did not need to<\/b>. When we say that\u00a0somebody did not need to do something,<\/i>\u00a0we are simply saying that it was not necessary (whether or not it was done).<\/p>\n Compare:<\/p>\n In British English it is possible to use an \u2013ing form<\/a> after need. It means the same as a passive infinitive<\/a>.<\/p>\n A structure with\u00a0need + object + present\/past participle\u00a0<\/b>is also possible in some cases.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Need is used both as an ordinary verb and as an auxiliary verb. As an ordinary verb As an ordinary verb\u00a0need\u00a0is used in the sense of \u2018require\u2019. It has the usual forms\u00a0needs\u00a0and\u00a0needed.\u00a0Ordinary need is...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[2089,2091,2090],"class_list":["post-74027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-need","tag-need-as-an-auxiliary-verb","tag-need-as-an-ordinary-verb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74028,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74027\/revisions\/74028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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As an auxiliary verb<\/h3>\n
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Points to be noted<\/h3>\n
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Need not + perfect infinitive<\/h3>\n
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Need + participle<\/h3>\n
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