If you want to use 'need' in an affirmative sentence you say:
"I need to make a question."
But if you want to use it in a negative sentence then you say:
I need not make a question.
Can you say 'I need make a question' or 'I don't need to make a question'?
And how do you contruct the interrogative form:
Do I need to make a question? or
Need I to make a question?
Don't I need to make a question? or
Needn't I make a question?
Sure nobody knows how to answer this.
Need can be used both as an auxiliary or a verb, although it seems to be used more often as a verb.
I've often heard or read 'you don't need to' rarely 'you needn't'.
Perhaps i´m not the right one to answer this question but, I never ever heard "needn´t" being used in a sentence. In this case when you are not sure of what is correct why to take a risk? Go to the easyest one "don´t need".
Interrogative form i always used:
Do i need...?
But I´m just learning english, and as i said before, i may not be the right one to answer this...
You could say "I need not make a question.", "I needn't make a question." or "I don't need to make a question." However, you'd rarely hear the first two, the last one is more common.
"I need to make a question." is correct, I'd avoid "I need make a question."
I'd also avoid "Need I to make a question?" in preference to "Need I make a question?" but both are uncommon with "Do I need to make a question?" being most often used.
Similarly "Don't I need to make a question?" is more often heard than "Needn't I make a question?" or "Need I not make a question?".
Put simply, these are what I'd usually use:
"I need to make a question."
"I don't need to make a question."
"Do I need to make a question?" &
"Don't I need to make a question?"
I use ´needn´t´ quite more than ´don´t need to´. It not only sounds better ( to me ) but is even easier to use.
There's nothing wrong with "needn't". You needn't avoid it.
But that verb-not form is used with some other verbs, I've heard it for instance:
Touch not or Don't touch
Behave not or Don't behave
Is there really a difference or not? What sounds better to you, not easier to say, but perhaps more (I can't find the word) more 'posh', or more sophisticated.
But that verb-not form is used with some other verbs, I've heard it for instance:
Touch not or Don't touch
Behave not or Don't behave
Is there really a difference or not? What sounds better to you, not easier to say, but perhaps more (I can't find the word) more 'posh', or more sophisticated.