that needs painted

[Herb Stahlke]

I meant to write that I hadn't seen much on the __history of__ the distintction.

Herb

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I haven't seen much on the "needs painting/painted" distinction, but
> does the -ing variant represent a modern relic of the -ing progressive
> passive used into the early 19th c., as in "My house is painting"?
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> Herb
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> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Michael Sheehan <wordmall at aol.com> wrote:
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>>    The standard cadence would be "that needs painting" or "that needs
>> to be painted,"
>> but I've come across "a house that needs painted." Is this a feature of
>> a particular
>> region? Can someone shed light on the practice?
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>> Michael J. Sheehan
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