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Rule "needn't to do(do)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: needn't to do(do)
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>to \4</suggestion>?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They don't need change them.
    Correction suggestion: to change
  • You know you don't need do that, don't you?
    Correction suggestion: to do
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • They don't need to change them.
  • We don't need direct soil.
  • We don't need water to grow our plants.
  • We don't need people like you.
  • That's why we don't recreate this, why we don't need mass lists.
ID: NEEDNT_TO_DO_AND_DONT_NEED_DO [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)