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Which of the following is correct?

  1. The room needs cleaned.
  2. The room needs cleaning.
  3. The room needs to be cleaned.
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  • #2 and #3 are correct – depperm Aug 02 '17 at 17:55
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    Not okay to omit. Omit, so-spelled. What are infitivies? Anything like skivvies? – Xanne Aug 02 '17 at 18:03
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    See https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/24163/how-are-needs-to-be-washed-needs-washing-and-the-regional-variant-needs-w, https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5407/central-pennsylvanian-english-speakers-what-are-the-limitations-on-the-needs-w, https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9331/needs-cleaned-or-needs-to-be-cleaned – vpn Aug 02 '17 at 18:08
  • @vpn Wouldn't this be a duplicate if the title were corrected? Isn't a close-vote appropriate? – Edwin Ashworth Aug 02 '17 at 18:25
  • @Edwin Ashworth, I don't know how to mark a question a duplicate of multiple questions. And since none of those was marked a duplicates of another, I wasn't sure how to flag it. – vpn Aug 02 '17 at 18:27
  • @vpn Hit 'close' and choose one duplicate. Your other comment will still be seen. Earlier duplicates should have been closed before, but the site isn't perfect. – Edwin Ashworth Aug 02 '17 at 18:53

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