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Sinbad
regard to modal verb
if I am talking about the past , can I use these verb , need , dared and do , as the following show ?
you needed to do something
I dared to do something
I didn't do it
25 mars 2015 07:51
Réponses · 3
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Yes, you can. None of those verbs is a modal in those sentences.
In modern English 'need' and 'dare' are very rarely modals. Most of the time we use them as ordinary verbs, followed by 'to' and the infinitive - as you have done here.
'Do' is never a modal. It is an auxiliary verb. Your sentence is a straightforward past simple negative using 'didn't' as the auxiliary verb.
Your sentences are fine.
25 mars 2015
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Sinbad
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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