The phrase "a need for special" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing specific requirements or considerations, but it needs to be followed by a noun to clarify what is special.
Example: "There is a need for special accommodations for students with disabilities."
Alternatives: "a requirement for special" or "a demand for special".
"There really isn't a need for special potions to help that along".
There will always be a need for special skills and special skills ranging anywhere from Photoshop to WordPress to being a virtual assistant.
Is there a need for special training or certification to deliver the intervention properly?
This impediment was expressed as a need for special education, or being recognized as a slow learner in school.
The men, especially those with oesophageal cancer, expressed a need for special food as they could not swallow the ugali and beans provided at the hospital.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02203.016 The high stability of centromeric Cse4 nucleosomes after S phase suggests a need for special maintenance mechanism(s).
This creates a need for a special mechanism to keep blood moving on its return to the heart.
The B.J.P. will take a call as to whether there is a need for a special session of the Parliament, "Mr. Prasad told Times Now, a television channel.
"No other prosecutor in this matter thought that there should be a need for a special counsel," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Mia Ives-Rublee, who headed the disabilities caucus for the Women's March, said that an estimated 45,000 people with disabilities attended the event, a number organizers are basing on how many people expressed a need for a special accommodations.
[The Watchup team thinks] that there's still a need for a special time for getting only the good news, only the high-quality information from professional news channels that can really inform the audience".
