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章振邦主编的《新编英语语法》(修订本)P.761在论述否定陈述句时列举了这样一个例句:Ineed hardly remind you of the facts,do I?笔者认为反意疑问句部分不能用do I,而须用 need I才符合英语表达习惯。 Michael Swan编著的《英语用法指南》P.418明确指出:当need用作情态助动词时,第三人称单数不带-S,没有动词不定式或分词,没有过去时,构成疑问句和否定句时不用do,后面跟的动词不定式不带to。否定式有缩略式needn’t。 need hardly连用时,need是用作情态助动词的,例如:
The New English Grammar (Revised Edition) edited by Zhang Zhenbang P.761 cites such an example in discourse of negative statements: I think I do not remind you of the facts, do I? I need to use need to meet the English language habit. P.418, written by Michael Swan, makes it clear that when need is used as a modal auxiliary verb, the third-person singular does not carry -S, there is no infinitive or participle of the verb, when there is no past, do not use do , Followed by the infinitive without to. Negative need hardly For use, need is used as a modality a verb, for example: