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



 
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How can we make a question tag with "need"? #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 08, 2008 16:12 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?
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How can we make a question tag with "need"? #2 (permalink) Tue Jan 08, 2008 17:02 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:

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You need to go, don't you?
She doesn't need to go, does she?

For the majority of native English speakers in the world, "needn't" is a bit archaic and is not used often.
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How can we make a question tag with "need"? #3 (permalink) Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:43 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?
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How can we make a question tag with "need"? #4 (permalink) Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:38 pm   How can we make a question tag with "need"?
 

walai.wang wrote:
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?

Here is an explanation of that on the BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv274.shtml

Note that in North America we seldom use "needn't", unless we're trying to be funny by imitating upper-class British people. You only need to understand "needn't", but you don't need to use it.
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How can we make a question tag with "need"? #5 (permalink) Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:08 am   How can we make a question tag with "need"?
 

Thank you Jamie. That helps me a lot Wink Very Happy
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