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
2015년 3월 25일 오전 7:51
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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.
2015년 3월 25일
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