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joesp
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 Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:52 pm Post subject: English question about a sentence |
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| Particularly in the case of discharging the ballast water stored in the ballast tank to the sea, the ballast water need not pass through the filtering unit |
why do we not say needs for 3인칭 as the subject is singular third person?
gracias, amigos!
hola! |
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nick70100
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: English question about a sentence |
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| joesp wrote: |
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| Particularly in the case of discharging the ballast water stored in the ballast tank to the sea, the ballast water need not pass through the filtering unit |
why do we not say needs for 3인칭 as the subject is singular third person?
gracias, amigos!
hola! |
because it's negative.
The water does not need to pass through
the water needs to pass through |
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edwardcatflap
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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| 'need' is a marginal auxliliary verb, which means it can behave like a normal modal verb e.g. he must not go/he need not go and can also behave like a normal verb e.g. he doesn't want to go/he doesn't need to go. |
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