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HistoryOfEnglish » FocusAndContent » IdentifyingCentralProblems » Syntax » Modals » ModalsTask1


Task 1:


Example: "She is a Papist, she need not trouble her head to answer it." ([HC] Oates 83 Ci)

How do we know that "need" is used as a modal in the sentence above?
(solution)


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