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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Warning: This is not Triumph related. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>“Needs Restored like that one.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Let’s hear it for fluif.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ron L’Herault <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>