1. You needn't have called a doctor.

2. You needn't have made a phone call to a doctor.
3. You needen't have gone to the hospital to bring the doctor.
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Does #1 mean #2 or #3? Did the person go to the doctor to ask him to come? Or did the person make a phone call to the doctor?

1 answer

1 and 2 mean approximately the same thing.

3 means "you" went to the hospital and got the doctor, and then the doctor came back (home?) with you.
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