I am wondering if it is correct to say:
He may need not to ...
or should we say
He may not need to ...
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Sign up to join this communityI am wondering if it is correct to say:
He may need not to ...
or should we say
He may not need to ...
They are both grammatical and reasonably idiomatic, and have very different meanings.
He may not need to go.
means "It is possible that he will not have to go".
He may need not to go.
(which is probably less common) means something like "It is possible that he will find that he must not go."