jack said:
"This is the program that I am going to take at Uvic unless i changed my mind." <--why is changed wrong?, why isn't it a "to be" form?
"I will need that published." = 'to be published' <---how is it a "to be" form? Is it like, "I need him killed immediately." ?[/b]
The tenses in the first sentence are present tense ("am going to take" = present with a future meaning). The verb "changed" is in the past tense. That doesn't make sense. If one has already "changed" one's mind, then the present and future meanings no longer make sense. It should be:
This is the program that I am going to take at Uvic unless I
change my mind.
The verb "need" takes an infinitive or a gerund as a complement:
The car needs to be washed.
The car needs washing.
When need has a noun or pronoun as its direct object, then the object can be followed by a participle (used as an adjective) or a passive infinitive "to be + participle).
I need him killed. I need him to be killed.
I need it published. I need it to be published.
I need it working. I need it to be working.
I need him tending bar. I need him to be tending bar.