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need #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:50 am   need
 

(A) The car needs fixing.
(B) The car needs to be fixed.

Please advise me whether (B) sounds odd to native speakers.
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need #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:27 am   need
 

Hi,

Both have equal value and sound all right.

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need #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:25 am   need
 

Thank you, Alan.
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