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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Pittsburghese English

Got into an interesting discussion regarding the use of the word "Need." People in Pittsburgh, where I currently reside, use the word "need" + past participle commonly, and it drives me nuts! Example: "The car needs fixed."

Yesterday I stated "I do not need my shoulders rubbed today." and got called out for making a grammatical mistake, such as they do here in Pittsburgh, however, I do not believe this to be the case. I am struggling to find an explanation of why I was right or find evidence I was wrong. Anyone have a take on this?

  

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anonymous The car needs fixed. Terrible! Sounds like a Finn speaking English.

— Cool Breeze

  • anonymous The car needs fixed.
  • Terrible!
  • Sounds like a Finn speaking English.
  • anonymous I do not need my shoulders rubbed today.
  • Correct.
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anonymousThe car needs fixed.

Terrible! Sounds like a Finn speaking English.

anonymousI do not need my shoulders rubbed today.

Correct. There is an object (my shoulders) between the main verb (need) and the particip

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