posted by rfvv yesterday at 5:17pm.
posted by rfvv today at 8:58am.
1. You need not have done it.
2. You need have done it.
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Are they all grammatical?
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Engish - Writeacher today at 9:05am
1 is okay, but 2 is not.
2 could be rephrased like this ~~> You need to have done it.
1 could also be rephrased like this ~~> You do not need to have done it.
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(Thank you. You mean that #2 is ungrammatical, right? What about the following? Is it okay?)
3. Need you have done it?
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English - Writeacher yesterday at 5:28pm
In formal British English, 3 would ptobably be used. In American English, I'd say, "Did you need to do that?"
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English - Writeacher yesterday at 6:06pm
... probably ...
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Thank you for your help.
What about the following sentence?
We can see 'need have p.p.' in the affirmative sentence. Is it okay?
4. He made more noise than he need have made.
#4 might work in British English. I'm not sure.
I'd say, "He made more noise than he needed to."
Yes, the sentence "He made more noise than he need have made" is grammatically correct. The construction "need have + past participle" is used to express that something was not necessary but still happened. In this case, it means that he made more noise than was necessary.
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