... was badly in need to be repaired

[Odessa Dawn]

"The equipment in the office was badly in need of to be repaired." INCORRECT


"The equipment in the office was badly in need of [STRIKE]to be [/STRIKE]repair[STRIKE]ed[/STRIKE]." CORRECT



With some changes, does the below sentence seem correct, please?


The equipment in the office was badly in need [STRIKE]of [/STRIKE]to be repaired.

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[emsr2d2]

The office equipment was badly in need of repair.
The office equipment badly needed repairing.
The office equipment badly needed to be repaired.

 

[Raymott]

With some changes, does the below sentence seem correct, please?

The equipment in the office was badly in need [STRIKE]of [/STRIKE]to be repaired.

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To be explicit, no.