1) Unfortunately, our Russian-speaking teachers, who taught us English at school, said that need is one of the modal verbs. But need is commonly used as the main verb. The principle is that we must use the particle “to” between two verbs.2) The Gerund combines the features of a noun and a verb. So we must use the Gerund as the object of a sentence following a verb.3) The Subject of the sentence “Playing badminton is fun” looks like a noun, because, like a noun, it answers the question “what?”. That’s why we use the Gerund in this sentence.Are these principles correct?
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