The alt.usage.english FAQ   

• "It needs cleaned"

  (Usage Disputes)
  
  

  
  is not standard English, although "It needs to be cleaned", "It
  needs cleaning", and "I need it cleaned" all are.  "It needs
  cleaned" is common informally in some parts of the U.S., and in
  Scotland, where it may have originated.

  
  
  Source: [Mark Israel, 'Usage Disputes: "It needs cleaned"', The alt.usage.english FAQ file,(line 1801), (29 Sept 1997)]
  
  
  
  

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