He did not need to be toldtwice. (Zandvoort)

He did not need to be toldtwice. (Zandvoort)

Why need he bother us? (Kruisinga)

I am here. You needn't be afraid. (Greene)

I need hardly say I would do anything in the world to ensure

Gwendolen's happiness. (Wilde)

Need is used both with the Indefinite and with the Perfect Infini­tive.

I suppose I needn't have made that observation. (Pinero) — По­жалуй, не к чему мне было делать такое замечание.

In American English need is used only as a normal verb. It is more common for need to be used to speak about what is necessary, rather than about what you must do. The difference is especially noticeable in the past tenses.

В r E: He needn't have gone to hospital, but he went just to reassure himself. (= he did something that wasn't neces­sary)

A m E: He didn't need to go to hospital, but he went just to reas­sure himself. (= he did something that wasn't necessary) В r E: He didn't need to go to hospital after all — he had only a few bruises. (= he didn't go)

 

 

Mood

Mood is a grammatical category which indicates the attitude of ^fhe speaker towards the action expressed by the verb from the point of ^yiew of its reality.

In Modern English we distinguish three moods:

(1) The Indicative Mood.

(2) The Imperative Mood.

(3) The Subjunctive Mood.

The Indicative Mood

The Indicative Mood shows that the action or state expressed b\ the verb is presented as a fact.

We went home early in the evening. (Dickens)

The Indicative Mood is also used to express a real condition, i. e. a condition the realization of which is considered possible.

If it rains,I shall stayat home.

If Catherine disobeysus, we shall disinherither. (Eliot)