"The yard needs mowed when I come home from work" or "The yard needs to be mowed when I come home from work" ?
2007-03-04 11:19:40 · 6 answers · asked by paul o 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
"The yard needs to be mowed when I come home from work" is gramatically correct. The sentence can have 2 meanings, though, the first being that you plan to do it yourself when you get home, and the second being that you expect someone else to have already done it when you get home. I don't know what the term "geographically proper" means.
2007-03-04 11:26:04 · answer #1 · answered by RetroGirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are sentences in the passive tense. The second one is standard English. I've heard the first used in the Pennsylvania area; maybe this is what you mean by being 'geographically proper? "The yard needs ...mowed" contains an ellipsis, meaning that the words "to be" are left out of the sentence yet understood between people having a conversation.
2007-03-04 20:21:15 · answer #2 · answered by Sylverbells 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second one is correct. The first one, to be correct, should be "The yard needs mowing when I come home from work."
2007-03-05 13:26:48 · answer #3 · answered by glurpy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The grammatically correct sentence would be "You should mow the yard when I get home" or " You should have the yard mowed by the time I get home".
2007-03-06 16:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by Lightning Striker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second is correct. I don't know what you mean by geographically proper, but the first option is not standard English
2007-03-04 19:23:30 · answer #5 · answered by bluekitty1541 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second one is better, but either would technically work. If you are doing homework, the second one is preferred. This has nothing to do with geography, so it wouldn't be able to be geographically proper.
2007-03-04 20:05:00 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Catherine♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋