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Can "n't " and " + [pronoun]" be used with any verb?
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"Need" and "dare" are auxiliary verbs for some speakers. That's what allows them to bypass the "do-support rule" for those speakers.
On the other hand "read", "grow", "sound" are not auxiliaries, so they require do-support in this sort of negation.