I live in central Ohio, but I'm not a "native" of this area. I've lived here for 20 years, but one local method of speech just makes me cringe.
A very common practice here is to say something such as "My grass needs cut" or "This needs checked" or "My car needs fixed" or "The floor needs swept". (I could probably cite hundreds of examples.)
It is such a common practice that one will see this method of phrasing in ads, both print & TV, and people raised in this area don't think it is incorrect grammar.
What I believe to be correct are phrases such as "My grass needs to be cut" or "My grass needs cutting", "The floor needs to be swept" etc.
Is this common in other parts of the country? I came from the Chicago area, which isn't exactly the source of proper speech and grammar, (da Bears, anyone?), but this just sounds so wrong to me.
Jan
A very common practice here is to say something such as "My grass needs cut" or "This needs checked" or "My car needs fixed" or "The floor needs swept". (I could probably cite hundreds of examples.)
It is such a common practice that one will see this method of phrasing in ads, both print & TV, and people raised in this area don't think it is incorrect grammar.
What I believe to be correct are phrases such as "My grass needs to be cut" or "My grass needs cutting", "The floor needs to be swept" etc.
Is this common in other parts of the country? I came from the Chicago area, which isn't exactly the source of proper speech and grammar, (da Bears, anyone?), but this just sounds so wrong to me.
Jan
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