If I am understanding the discussion properly, "<something> needs done" is pretty common where I live in Alaska. The tricky part is that people are from all over because if oil and the military base so I couldn't tell you where that originates from. I'd guess somewhere southern with a strong military presence because all those people are ending up here
It doesn't feel lower class to me, but middle class extremely lazy/casual register of speech... I also see it in writing a lot on my homeschool forums. I have no idea if those people would actually say that in real life or if it has been picked up as a short form of explaining a to do list.
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smallwhite wrote:Question 4
I went stay with family after my surgery. A friend thought that I went there because someone there needed help. "It's actually I who needed taken care of," I replied.
Does that sound right? Or do I have to say "It's actually I who needed to be taken care of"? I think the "to be" is optional, but even if it is I'm not sure if it sounds natural to omit it.
(I prefer "it's actually I" to "it's actually me". I believe "I" is correct although less common).
Thank you!
I should have looked more carefully at the original question. The biggest problem with the example sentence "It's actually I that needed.." is the first part. You've mixed tenses. I'd say "It was actually me that needed..." to be taken care of is correct for common speech, but "needed taken care of" is actually extremely common despite all the claims of never having heard it
I think our brains fill in the omission. I know I'd say "needed taken care of" in that context as a lazy omission when I'd never say "the washing needs done" ad I was referring to up top. I grew up in NJ and had a very upper class education for a number of years.