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Cat desk Posted 4 years ago
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Usage of 'need' in active and passive voice

Hello there, can I use need in the following way?

1- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. He and his journey of life need to be researched into.

2- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. He and his journey of life need researching into.

3- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to research into him and his journey of life.
  

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All are rather clumsy English. Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to do research into his life.

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  • All are rather clumsy English.
  • Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul.
  • We need to do research into his life.
  • Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul.
  • We need to research more about him.
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All are rather clumsy English.

Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to do research into his life.
Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to research more about him.

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cat desk Usage of 'need' in active and passive voice

We need more research on Mahatma Gandhi. (active)
More research is needed on Mahatma Gandhi. (passive)

cat desk Usage of the infinitival complement of 'need' in active and passive voice

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