Date:  Sat, 8 Apr 1995 06:59:16 -0500

From:  Ron Rabin <RABINRL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>

Subject: Re: needs + present participle



Ok, I'll continue answering since I haven't heard these locations mentioned

with respect to needs+pp.

I heard it and said it growing up in Los Angeles in the late 40s and 50s. And

I've heard my parents (from Philadelphia) say it too.

My question: can someone discern a pattern here since 1) the north/south

pattern was denied and 2) the incidence, at first blush, seems so scattered?

Ron Rabin