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Want/need + verb + -ing/ed

Want/need + verb + -ing/ed
Maybe they don't know the difference and need it explaining.
Maybe they don't know the difference and need it explained.
They are both correct. [American English speaker]
They are both correct. [British English speaker]


Votes: 308 Comments: 2 Added: April 2005
Comments:
Teia - 7th July 2007 20:21
Hi
The first sentence is incorrect. The second one is correct because it is logically formulated : Maybe they don`t know the difference and [they]need it [be] explained, i.e. They need that the difference be/should be explained to them.

Regards
 
Brit - 8th July 2007 15:12
The first sentence is perfectly correct in British English.
 
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