grammar

[Anonymous]

Could you please tell me which is the correct way of saying the following:

This needs fixed

This needs to be fixed

or are they both correct?
Thankyou

 

[Tdol]

No, you can say 'This needs to be fixed.' or 'This needs fixing.'. ;-)

 

[Breynia]

No, you can say 'This needs to be fixed.' or 'This needs fixing.'. ;-)

Thankyou...you have settled a disagreement...unfortunately for me I am wrong! I always say things like 'This needs doing, this needs ironing', etc etc and my friend keeps correcting me.
I hate being wrong!

 

[Red5]

There is a diference here though, and I don't think you're wrong if the examples you gave are anything to go by.

This needs doing

This needs ironing

Both of these are perfectly fine :wink: . They are different to your original question though, because you could not say:

This needs do (WRONG)
This needs iron (WRONG)

PS - Welcome to our forum. :hi:

 

[Tdol]

need\want + -ing can be used to replace a passive infinitive after the verb. ;-)