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Cloudpixie Posted 9 years ago
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Use of "in need of"+ Verb/Gerunds in a sentence
In this sentences, does the phrase "in need of killing" mean "that needs to be killed"?
It'd been weeks since she had killed a pest, and she was desperate for a rat in need of killing.
He was hoping she'd turn out to be revengeful ghost in need of killing, but it was not so.
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Yes, you have the right idea, but in those sentences it would be "that needed to be killed".
- Yes, you have the right idea, but in those sentences it would be "that needed to be killed".
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Yes, you have the right idea, but in those sentences it would be "that needed to be killed".
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