Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 13:33:17 -0500

From: "Gregory J. Pulliam" HUMPULLIAM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MINNA.ACC.IIT.EDU

Subject: Re: need + participle



My wife who is from western Ohio uses need + past participle. Being from

Mississippi myself, and therefore a speaker of proper English, I use

needs + present participle.

Greg Pulliam

Illinois Institute of Tech.

p.s. my wife who is from Mississippi uses need + present participle.