The press freedom group is accusing the social media platform of spreading disinformation
  • JWBananas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Worse, to me, is that there is a perfectly grammatically correct way to be just as brief.

    Wrong:

    The bed sheets need washed.

    Right:

    The bed sheets need washing.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      And for a linguist the question is really whether there are native speakers who consider it correct. Here there are millions who say yes.