{"id":9870,"date":"2017-06-12T07:08:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T01:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2017-06-12T07:08:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T01:38:56","slug":"use-needed-need-difference-need-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=9870","title":{"rendered":"Should-i-use-is-needed-or-is-in-need.difference between need and needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When you are looking at a task remaining, it seems right to me to say, “what needs to be done” in the simple present tense.<\/p>\n

I have seen some people write “what is needed to be done.”<\/p>\n

While I don’t know what is wrong in the second sentence, it doesn’t seem alright.<\/p>\n

Can you tell me why is it wrong?<\/p>\n

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There is slight difference in meaning between the two sentences. “What needs to be done” indicates a list of items which must be completed, but does not necessarily indicate that the bigger project will be done when those tasks are complete. “What is needed to be done”, on the other hand can imply that when the list is complete, the project will<\/em> be done. In effect, the first sentence says “we must do these things”, and the second says “when we do these things, we will be done”.<\/p>\n

In either case, the second sentence is a bit ambiguous. I would use “what needs to be done” for the first case (when you simply have a list of tasks that must be completed). If the intent is to describe all<\/em> of the outstanding tasks for a given project (the second case), I would use a more explicit sentence such as: “everything that needs to be done” or “things that must be done in order to finish this project”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What is needed to be done<\/em> is incorrect because needed<\/em> is the simple past<\/strong> tense and past participle of need<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What needs to be done<\/em> is correct because needs<\/em> is the third-person singular simple present<\/strong> indicative form of need<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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