Date:  Fri, 28 Oct 1994 13:58:48 -0400

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

Subject: need + p.p.



In German, ther verb "brauchen" (to need) takes the p.p., instead of the

infinitive. Could this be the background for the use of need + p.p. in western

Pa., where much of the speech is heavily influenced by the Pa Dutch (Germans)

Incidentally, need + p.p. is used in WV as well as western Pa.