Comment on Reporters Without Borders sues X
JWBananas@lemmy.world 1 day agoWorse, to me, is that there is a perfectly grammatically correct way to be just as brief.
Wrong:
The bed sheets need washed.
Right:
The bed sheets need washing.
Comment on Reporters Without Borders sues X
JWBananas@lemmy.world 1 day agoWorse, to me, is that there is a perfectly grammatically correct way to be just as brief.
Wrong:
The bed sheets need washed.
Right:
The bed sheets need washing.
stoly@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And for a linguist the question is really whether there are native speakers who consider it correct. Here there are millions who say yes.