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right structure or not Is this structure of a sentence right: I needn't come? In which case we can use it? Thanks in advance.

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It's fine, but a bit formal and old fashioned to my ear as an American. You'll most often hear "I don't need to come."
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'I needn't come' is indeed correct. More commonly used in British English than American English. And it is used when a person is asked if they need to be somewhere. It isn't used as a common answer. It is reserved more for instructions and is usually second person; 'you needn't come.' (E.G., someone tells you you need to fill out a form but you needn't come to the office to submit it). I would use 'I needn't come' if I was probably in the above example and relaying what I was told to someone else. 'I need to fill out this form, but they said I needn't come to submit it'. Hope this helps.

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