We need the other casino shut down for a while

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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I take it this sentence is an example of the subjunctive?]

We need the other casino shut down for a while.

I mean, would it also work with a ‘to infinitive’ as in:

We need the other casino to shut down for a while. What would be the difference?

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They mean the same thing. The first one is just a short cut. It almost sounds like my local dialect.

See second bullet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_American_English#Grammar

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Ah, so ‘shut’ in this case is not an infinitive but the past participle and the sentence is not a subjunctive but rather a local dialect. Very interesting.

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Just for the record, most of those other things listed as a Midwest dialect don’t apply to my local area. I’ve never even heard of a few of them.