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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