Re: [DE] modal verbs

Barbara Need:

>
> I don't know. I think use of both _dare_ and _need_ as modals (without
> -s or _to_) in a positive utterance (as opposed to negative or
> interrogative ones) is rarer than the other cases. My modalic usage
> tends to be influenced by my study of them.
>

Strange, also German brauchen with a verb (used either modal or nonmodal as
is the standarad) is only possible in the negative form.

Is there a reason for this?

Joachim
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