From: Patrick C. Ryan
Message: 19286
Date: 2003-02-26
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From: <richard.wordingham@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:57 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: 'Simple' Future
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"Patrick C. Ryan"
<proto-language@...> wrote:
<snip>
JRW:
The negative of 'he needs to go' is
'he doesn't need to go'. 'He
needn't go' negates the necessity in
'he must go'. Interestingly,
'needn't' is indifferent to tense; I
am tempted to view it as a second
negative to 'must'.
[PCR]
For me, the negative would be: "He does not have to go".
Pat
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