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Reporters Without Borders sues X(www.voanews.com)

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JWBananas@lemmy.world
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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.

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

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