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AIBU?

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It needs done

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EllaAtLarge · 05/08/2026 14:34

I am sure in the past we used to say “it needs to be done.” Or “it needs doing”.

Why do people now say “it needs done”?

I hate it.

Aibu?

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AutumnHazel · 06/08/2026 03:56

ThisOneLife · 05/08/2026 19:00

People say this, or a version of this all the time. I hate it too!

The car needs washed
The dog needs walked
The washing needs sorted.
etc, etc

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Not in Suffolk they don’t.

Poppycorn123 · 06/08/2026 03:58

In NI they always do this too.

LuckyHazelFox · 06/08/2026 10:46

Myblueclematis · 05/08/2026 15:00

I've seen it on FB posts, needs gone, needs done etc. but never heard anyone actually say it thankfully.

The needs gone thing on FB is awful. It's become as common as the misspelling of lose (loose).

RafaFan · 06/08/2026 11:04

ThisOneLife · 05/08/2026 19:00

People say this, or a version of this all the time. I hate it too!

The car needs washed
The dog needs walked
The washing needs sorted.
etc, etc

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Those all sound totally fine to me. What sounds wrong with them - should it be "the car needs to be washed"?

LuckyHazelFox · 06/08/2026 11:09

RafaFan · 06/08/2026 11:04

Those all sound totally fine to me. What sounds wrong with them - should it be "the car needs to be washed"?

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They are past tense verbs which are out of kilter with the action that needs doing.

Coldhot · 06/08/2026 11:47

RafaFan · 06/08/2026 11:04

Those all sound totally fine to me. What sounds wrong with them - should it be "the car needs to be washed"?

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Yes, exactly, or ‘the car needs washing’.

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