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Kamo Shushoku Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Needed money

I know I can say, "I need money."

Can I say, "How can I get needed money"?
Can I use the word "needed" just like the words "necessary" and "needful"?
Is this the correct use of the word?

Thanks in advance.
Kamo
  

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"needed money" is fine. Often "much-needed" is used for emphasis. Needful is not in common use nowadays.

— John C.

  • "needed money" is fine.
  • Often "much-needed" is used for emphasis.
  • Needful is not in common use nowadays.
  • John.
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"needed money" is fine. Often "much-needed" is used for emphasis.

Needful is not in common use nowadays.


John.
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I've never heard "needed" used in this context of money without the "much" bit in front of it! I suppose it has become an idiom, or cliche!
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Thank you.

I'd like to know if the word "needed" can be used, not in the combination with money but as an adjective which comes BEFORE a noun on its own.

Then how about "needed oxygen"? Can I say "The circulatory system sends needed oxygen to all parts of the body"? Is this correct grammatically?
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It sounds alright to me, I think it might be more about stylistics and conventions than "rules" -

tho there's a tendency to put "the" in front:
"the much needed money"
the needed oxygen"

and the "neccesary" option would still be a strong alternative.

I'd probably rephrase the oxygen example as "essential" or "vital", which is definitely style not gramma
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