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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: necessitate |
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1.This would necessitate interviewing all members of staff.
2.The rise in prices nedcessitates greater thrift.
3.This plan necessitates borrowing some money.
4.Lack of money necessitated a change of plan. |
Two questions:
1.Can 'necessitate' in the examples #1 through #4 be replaced with 'need'?
2.Which one is more prefered among native speakers, 'necessitate' or 'need'?
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nicewitch
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: |
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Hello !
I think there is no problem to replace need in these sentences.
Need is also more in use than necessitate
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Philo Kevetch
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:17 am Post subject: |
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Hello -
'require' would be okay in your examples.
You will not be able to use 'need' unless the examples are re-written.
Philo
CP - edited for clarity
Last edited by Philo Kevetch on Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:20 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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nicewitch
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:26 am Post subject: |
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Hello again Philo !
Not la ville (Nice) wether I've been there and it's really "nice".
You are allright again, "required" it's better than needed or necessitated.
I wish I could help you with french.
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CP
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Require works fine in all these sentences, but need doesn't work in any of them.
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