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Subject: [OM] Re: OT English as she is spoke OT
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:40:32 +0000
Definitely grating, Steve, but not the same error.  That sentence is  
missing a verb, as you point out, and it is probably laziness that  
causes it.

Chris
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On 16 Dec 2005, at 05:47, Steve Goss wrote:

> Chris, and the rest of you english language scholars-
> So is this the same kind of error as someone saying:
> "That lens needs cleaned."
> Instead of:
> "That lens needs to be cleaned."
> Or:
> "That lens needs cleaning."
>
> Whatever it is, that first form is fairly common, and always grates  
> on my ears.
>


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