[correction: Nobody needs to hurry].

I am asking about the modal need.

You need to correct your grammar first. Anyway, the verb "need" is not a modal.

I don't need to correct my grammar first. If I do it, I won't be asking questions here. If you think need is not a modal then you are welcome to read this collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/need

I repeat: x needs to hurry. is not semi-modal. But: "Nobody need hurry". is semi-modal, without to. For: need to hurry, the answer from Lifelong Learner is accurate.

@rjpond: The OP did not know the difference as the original question was calling to hurry a modal and trying to say what I said was wrong. What I said was correct for: need to hurry. The original formulation.

@Lambie this is what you said "Anyway, the verb "need" is not a modal"

@user1425 It isn't modal in the way you originally presented which was: need to hurry. Need to hurry, have to hurry, have got to hurry= No modals. You kept saying modal and only NOW changed it to: need hurry. Seems to be some bad faith there. I was clear about what was not modal. I even gave those examples.

@ Lambie seems like all you want to accomplish is show that someone doesn't know something while you know it. If I didn't know the difference I wouldn't have asked the question and corrected it. This is my right to correct. You want to look smart at the expense of a typo? If you knew that NEED can be modal you would have never said "Anyway, the verb "need" is not a modal."

@ Lambie the matter is that at first you said "Anyway, the verb "need" is not a modal." which means you didn't mean the need in my sentence but any need.

Nope, you can't get away with that. I merely stated a fact based on how you presented it. I cannot be responsible for your initial mistake, can I? The typo is a separate issue. You can correct all you want but you ignored what I said. You might want to admit it.

I know what your first claim was. Here it is "Anyway, the verb "need" is not a modal." Now you are trying to convince me that you mean the need in my sentence. But it's not the case. You didn't know that need can be modal. Shame!

It is not that I didn't know it was a modal. It's that INSTINCTIVELY, I saw need TO HURRY, and know that need is not modal THERE. If you had posted: need hurry, I certainly would not have said that. The question of modality is NOT the same as the to-infinitive usage.

I even posted examples with have to/have and COULD NOT BELIEVE (before you changed it!) that you said it was modal.

correction: knew

I beg your pardon. What was the title of my question?

I am not discrediting anyone. I said there was no modal in your question and there wasn't. When people ask questions, we work with what is given to us. We don't answer a question using every single dictionary entry or possibility or meaning. Notice how you say shame to me. I find that most people can't take the heat in the linguistic kitchen and start getting angry. Fine, get angry. It's your right but don't try to blame me for working with what you gave us.