Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 11:12:08 -0500

From: Martha Howard UN106005[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WVNVAXA.WVNET.EDU

Subject: needs + p.p.



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In German, the verb "brauchen" takes the p.p., instead of the infinitive.

Could this be the background for the use of need + p.p. in western Pa, where

In German, the verb "brauchen" takes the p.p., instead of the infinitive