Is needs cleaned grammatically correct?

Grammatically, “It needs cleaned” is about as incorrect as it gets. “It needs cleaning,” or, “It needs to be cleaned,” are proper alternatives. To see why, we need only recognize that verbs require an object, which can only legitimately be a noun, not another verb.

Is it correct to say needs fixed?

You’re correct that “It needs to be fixed” and “It needs to be washed” are grammatically correct but that “It needs fixed” and “It needs washed” aren’t.

Does Need vs needs?

This is a passive voice sentence where an action needs to be completed but it doesn’t matter who does the action. We use “needs” in this situation because the noun is the subject of the sentence and therefore we use the third person singular. If the noun is plural then you use “need” The signs need to be done.

Was cleaned or is cleaned?

They are both correct. The past perfect is rarely compulsory.

Is the car needs washed proper English?

The short answer is “no.” While it might be comprehensible to say “the car needs washed” in conversation with someone in Pittsburgh, anywhere else, it just sounds wrong, and in your writing especially, you should always use proper grammar.

How do you use needs?

Needs sentence example

1. She needs to learn her place fast.
2. She had been so distracted with her own troubles that his interests and needs had been ignored.
3. She needs to rest.
4. He needs someone to look after his house while he’s working the ranch.
5. He needs to learn some control.

Is it “it needs cleaned” or “its needs to be”?

I say, “It needs cleaned.” He says, “It needs TO BE cleaned.” He continued to give me examples, but they all dealt with using the “needs to be” before a verb. I think they are both correct, but they identify different tenses. Are we both correct?? “It needs cleaned.” is characterisitic of a regional dialect of American English.

How do you use needs cleaned in a sentence?

In your sentence, needs is the subject. So, when you say Needs cleaned you are literally saying that what has been cleaned, are your needs. Now, having said that, I understand that this phrase would accompany what you intend your subject to be: The car needs cleaned.

Is “it needs cleaning” also used in BrE?

No. I think in BrE ” It needs cleaning ” would be a correct alternative to ” It needs to be cleaned “. Is it used also in AmE? If it is, is it considered substandard? In AmE, it’s absolutely idiomatic, common, and neutral with respect to register.

Is it correct to say the car needs repaired?

1) The car needs repaired. In standard English, (1) would not be acceptable. Instead, repaired would either need to become an infinitive (a verb form with to ), as in (2a), or a gerund (a verbal noun ending in -ing ), as in (2b):