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19 févr. 2013 · Consider this: "Have to" equates to the now slightly archaic usage of "need." If you were to say, "All you need do is read," it would sound just fine. Consider this: "Have to do" can also be broken up as "have" and "to do," which then means you "possess" the task of "reading," which is not functionally an infinitive. The infinitive of a verb is ...
13 janv. 2012 · True, Google Books give over 50,000 written instances, but probably most of them are "accidental collocations" (e.g. - a sentence ending with the word "all", followed by one starting with "What is needed"). Also note that this contrasts with well over 3 million instances of all that is needed. Share. Improve this answer.
25 juin 2011 · in need of: This is more commonly used in everyday English. I am in need of clothing. With "for": need for: There is [a] need for discipline in the classroom. Using the article "a" in the above example would be superfluous but it may emphasize that specific need. With a qualifier, the article becomes useful, although it can also be done away ...
6 févr. 2013 · That is, you say. I can do this. The verb "need" is a funny case; it is only modal in the negative. In the positive, we already have an equivalent modal verb; namely, "I must". However, there are two possible meanings for the opposite of "I must do this": "I am forbidden to do this" and "I am not required to do this".
12 févr. 2012 · This does not imply that you need to take a shower unless you are going to come. "I need" is a present need. "I will need" is a conditional need at an unspecified future time. Say, I am talking to a friend and he asks me to come for dinner at 8:00, and I say: I don't think I can make it, because I [will] need to shower first.
8 août 2012 · 16. In the context of your question, "all this" means many things taken as a single whole. "All these" means many things as part of the whole; not everything. For example I might be a boss pointing to a room full of boxes and say, "all of this needs to be moved into the next room." I can use the word 'this" because I mean everything.
21 oct. 2015 · Need, like dare, is sometimes called a "semi-modal", in that it can be used like modals (eg can, may) but can also be used as a normal verb (eg like want). So The balance need be swayed only slightly is parallel to The balance can be swayed only slightly (the meaning is different - this is just showing the syntax); whereas The balance needs to ...
2 janv. 2016 · I found both "need" and "needs" have many search results in terms of the phrase "one need/needs only". For example: 1.Should one have any doubts about this proposition, one need only look to the perplexing case of Army Specialist Michael New. 2.But one needs only look at Ronsard to realise how much Catullus influenced him.
10 juin 2020 · What's the difference between these two - 1) . All it needs is for you to be more discreet . 2) . All it takes is for you to be more discreet . All it needs expresses the (minimal) requirement to ensure that "it" is corrected. All it takes expresses the (minimal) effort that is required to correct "it".
All I {need to do | have to do | must do} is do something. But is it correct to use "to do something" after the "is" — as compared with just plain "do something" without the "to"? Or to be more specific, which of the following sentences in each pair is correct, or are both version correct? The second one in each case adds "to" to the formula:
