[TR] needs repaired

[JOE CURRY]

I resemble that remark!  :)


> On January 27, 2020 at 1:52 PM Ron L'Herault <lherault at verizon.net> wrote:
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>     Warning:   This is not Triumph related.  
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>     I’m an uptight New Englander who was taught English grammar by nuns who had sticks.  8-).     Face Book, was the first place I’d seen this usage.  Now it appears in a mailing list message.
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>     “Needs Restored like that one.”
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>     I look at that and first wonder, needs restored what?   Then deep in the recesses of my mind, I hear Sister Thomasina saying  “You will write ‘needs to be restored’ 100 times on the blackboard. When you are done, you will write ‘needs restoration’ 100 times as well.”  
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>     So, since it is not a Triumph question, if people want to answer privately, super.   Do you use this sentence construction habitually?  In what part of the country do you live?  I was not an English major. I’m definitely not a great writer and don’t spell everything correctly, but I’m extremely curious to find out the extent of the usage and this is a nice friendly group who may be able to help me.
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>     Let’s hear it for fluif.
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>     Ron L’Herault
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