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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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Form - 'needs to be done'

Please can someone help me with the form for 'needs to be done'

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what form were you referring to? kindly make things clearer.

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what form were you referring to? kindly make things clearer.
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You can say:
"Your shoes need cleaning" (need + -ing)
or
"Your shoes need to be cleaned" (need + passive infinitive)

"something needs doing" or "something needs to be done".

I'm not completely sure that was your question, though.

Miriam
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