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THE VERB "NEED"

CAN I USE THE VERB NEED IN THE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE TENSE.


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BILLY, I WILL BE NEEDING PERMANENTLY AND NEEDING IMMEDIATELY YOU TO ME FORCING ME TO SMILE.

Re: THE VERB "NEED"

That is a terrible example of a sentence. It's nothing like the kind of thing a competent speaker of English would say (i.e. it's not idiomatic).

Nevertheless, the verb "need" can be used in the progressive aspect where the sentence has a future meaning, but it's normally considered informal:

"It's likely to be very cold, so you'll be needing your warm clothes".
"Will you be needing anything else, sir"?

By the way, there is no such thing as a "future progressive tense". English does not have a future tense; instead it uses other constructions to express futurity. The modal verb "will" in your example and the two above is a present tense form.

PaulM

Re: THE VERB "NEED"

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