Grammar Needs Abandoned?
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Columnist Jan Freeman defends the habit, common in some regions, of using the past participle in place of the gerund or infinitive phrase - ie saying “t’lawn needs cut” rather than “the lawn needs to be cut”.
The main issue here is that the past participle is an adjective and the problem with using an [...]
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