Can we say "need improving" I always said things like "My English skill needs to be improved". Today I saw a sentense: My English skill needs improving. I thought this was wrong but after googling "need improving", I've no idea now... https://www.linguee.fr/anglais-francais/traduction/needs+improving.html You can see there are lots of "needs improving". If we can say "need improving", what is the difference between "need to be improved" and "need improving"?