Letters, p. 120.  “Nothing need be said, but that they were the most perfect barbarisms.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 470.  “He need not go.”—­Goodenow’s Gram., p. 36.  “He needed but use the word body.”—­LOCKE:  in Joh.  Dict. “He need not be required to use them.”—­Parker’s Eng.  Composition, p. 50.  “The last consonant of appear need not be doubled.”—­Dr. Webster.  “It needs the less to be inforced.”—­Brown’s Estimate, ii, 158.  “Of these pieces of his, we shall not need to give any particular account.”—­Seneca’s Morals, p. vi “And therefore I shall need say the less of them.”—­Scougal, p. 1101.  “This compounding of words need occasion no surprise.”—­Cardell’s Essay on Language, p. 87.

   “Therefore stay, thou needst not to be gone.”—­Shakspeare.

    “Thou need na start awa sae hasty.”—­Burns, Poems, p. 15.

    “Thou need na jouk behint the hallan.”—­Id., ib., p. 67.

OBS. 10.—­The auxiliaries, except must, which is invariable, have severally two forms in respect to tense, or time; and when inflected in the second and third persons singular, are usually varied in the following manner:—­

TO DO.

PRESENT TENSE; AND SIGN OF THE INDICATIVE PRESENT.

Sing.  I do, thou dost, he does; Plur.  We do, you do, they do.

IMPERFECT TENSE; AND SIGN of THE INDICATIVE IMPERFECT.

Sing.  I did, thou didst, he did; Plur.  We did, you did, they did.

TO BE.

PRESENT TENSE; AND SIGN OF THE INDICATIVE PRESENT.

Sing.  I am, thou art, he is; Plur.  We are, you are, they are.

IMPERFECT TENSE; AND SIGN OF THE INDICATIVE IMPERFECT.

Sing.  I was, thou wast, he was; Plur.  We were, you were; they were.

TO HAVE.

PRESENT TENSE; BUT SIGN OF THE INDICATIVE PERFECT.

Sing.  I have, thou hast, he has; Plur.  We have, you have, they have.

IMPERFECT TENSE; BUT SIGN OF THE INDICATIVE PLUPERFECT.

Sing.  I had, thou hadst, he had; Plur.  We had, you had, they had.

SHALL AND WILL.

These auxiliaries have distinct meanings, and, as signs of the future, they are interchanged thus: 

PRESENT TENSE; BUT SIGNS OF THE INDICATIVE FIRST-FUTURE.

1.  Simply to express a future action or event:—­

Sing.  I shall, thou wilt, he will; Plur.  We shall, you will, they will.

2.  To express a promise, command, or threat:—­

Sing.:  I will, thou shalt, he shall; Plur.  We will, you shall, they shall.