Hello there, can I use need in the following way?
1- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. He and his journey of life need to be researched into.
2- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. He and his journey of life need researching into.
3- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to research into him and his journey of life.
1- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. He and his journey of life need to be researched into.
2- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. He and his journey of life need researching into.
3- Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to research into him and his journey of life.
cat desk Usage of 'need' in active and passive voice
We need more research on Mahatma Gandhi. (active)
More research is needed on Mahatma Gandhi. (passive)
cat desk Usage of the infinitival complement of 'need' in active and passive voice
We need to do more research on Mahatma Gandhi. (active inf.)
More research needs to be done on Mahatma Gandhi. (passive inf.)
In these examples, 'need' itself stays in active voice.
CJ
All are rather clumsy English.
Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to do research into his life.
Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul. We need to research more about him.
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