ironing shirts

Guest   Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:25 am GMT
Is the sentence below OK?



He asked if he could help; I suggested ironing shirts would be useful.
JJM   Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:26 am GMT
Yes.
Guest   Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:05 pm GMT
How about:

"I need those shirts ironing."
Guest   Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:42 pm GMT
"I need those shirts ironing."

Do you mean "I need those shirts ironed"?
or
"Those shirts need ironing"?
runCDfirst   Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:21 pm GMT
I would use 'press' rather than 'iron'.
'Those shirts need some pressing'.
Guest   Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:55 pm GMT
<"I need those shirts ironing."

Do you mean "I need those shirts ironed"?
or
"Those shirts need ironing"? >

No, I meant what I wrote.
Guest   Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:41 am GMT
Well then, that makes no sense.
Terry   Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:57 pm GMT
<<He asked if he could help; I suggested ironing shirts would be useful.>>

He asked if he could help. I suggested he iron some shirts.
Guest   Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:20 am GMT
<<He asked if he could help; I suggested ironing shirts would be useful.>>

To me, it sounds like an abbreviated form of:

I suggested that the activity of ironing shirts would be useful.