In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
You should not need .... twice
to tell
telling
tell
to have been told
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The selected answer is wrong:
The suitable input in the question should be "telling" this is because:
1)"to tell" is in the future tense
2)"Telling" shows present continuous tense which rhymes precisely in an appropriate manner with should.
3)"Tell" is out of the picture because it speaks in the present tense.
4)No speaking about "To have been told", talks about the past tense but as we know, "should" projects to the "future past" if I may add. Personally I think that the most appropriate generally speaking would be"to be told". But considering the options, "telling" is the most appropriate.
Please I'd appreciate more comments on this post.
Thank you
REF: Catch Up English
The correct sentence is: "You should not need ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น twice."
Option A 
The verb "๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ" in its modal-like usage is followed by a ๐๐ผ-๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ when used in positive or negative constructions with a subject. So:
๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ + ๐๐ผ + ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ โ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น
But let's see why other options are wrong:
B. telling โ "need" can take a gerund (need telling), but ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ, which flips the meaning. Also sounds archaic in this context.
C. tell โ bare infinitive after "need" is only acceptable in questions/negatives with "need" as a pure modal ("Need I tell you?"), but here "should not need" already occupies the modal slot.
D. to have been told โ this is passive perfect infinitive, meaning the subject was told in the past. Grammatically possible in other sentences, but wrong here โ it changes both the voice and tense unnecessarily.
run on sentences
grammar error
comma splice
you've committed every form of crime against English language
but I still stand by
YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO HAVE BEEN TOLD TWICE
that telling is a common saying but does it conform to the conventions of standard English??
I could use more info on that please
Option B is the correct answer "telling"
Please change it,even the answer A is not suitable in the sentence
According to invisible teacher though I can't really remember how it was stated but I remembered the rule that says verb that follows the word 'need' should be present continuous. pls do well to clarify this by going into your TB. Study verbs
