[Grammar] The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

[Roktim]

The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

"The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park."

Which one is correct?

 

[GoesStation]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

Please note that I have changed your thread title.


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[teechar]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

Where did you find that sentence? Which version do you think would be wrong?

 

[Roktim]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

I've found that sentence in a book. It says using "needing" is correct.

 

[teechar]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

[STRIKE]I've[/STRIKE] I found that sentence in a book. It says using "needing" is correct.

Please give us the name, author and date of publication, if possible.

 

[Roktim]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

It is a local book.

 

[teechar]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

Hmm, does it not have those details I asked for above?

 

[Roktim]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

Yes, it has.

Name: English Tutor
Autor: Kabial Noor
Date of publication: 2018

 

[teechar]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

Of those two choices, only "needing" can make the sentence grammatical.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

Yes, it has.

Name: English Tutor
Autor: Kabial Noor
Date of publication: 2018

Thank you. Please remember to put the relevant information in post #1 in future.

 

[Roktim]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

sir, can you please explain briefly?

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

[STRIKE]sir,[/STRIKE] Can you please explain briefly?

Note my changes above. Please don't refer to users here as "Sir" (or "Madam"). It's overly formal and it suggests you think we are all men. We are not.

Which post were you referring to when you wrote that?

 

[Roktim]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

Of those two choices, only "needing" can make the sentence grammatical.

Can you please explain briefly?

 

[teechar]

Re: The people badly needing/needed relief were gathering at the park ("Participle")

What you quoted in post #1 is an example of a reduced relative clause. The relative pronoun "who" (referring to people) and the verb "were" have been removed. Let's put them back and see which sentence works.

The people who were badly needing relief were gathering at the park.

Or

The people who were badly needed relief were gathering at the park.

We can clearly see that only the first one works.