Is this wrong?

[minnieuk]

Is it grammatically incorrect to use the phrase, 'your details need updating' rather than 'your details need to be updated'?

thanks

 

[5jj]

Is it grammatically incorrect to use the phrase, 'your details need updating' rather than 'your details need to be updated'?

It is not incorrect.

 

[minnieuk]

It is not incorrect.

Thanks - I didn't think so but someone told me it was and I wondered if I was missing something.

 

[Barb_D]

I think that structure is more common in the UK than in the US. I don't know about elsewhere.

If you say "Your bike needs fixing" it will sound distinctly Southern (US dialect) to me.