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Old 24-Apr-2004, 20:33
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Originally Posted by jack
why can't i say:
"Bill needs to be kill."


doesnt adding ed to killed make it past tense?
You can't say "to be kill" because a passive infinitive can only be formed with the past partciple of a verb. "Killed" is the past participle of "kill".

The verb "kill" is regular.
present tense/infinitive": kill
past tense: killed
past participle: killed

More about passive voice here:

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm
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