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which way is correct "said John's mom to him or John's mom said to him"

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Anonymouswhich way is correct

Both are in use and the grammar cannot be faulted in either. Where are you going to use it?

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymous Which way is correct? "said John's mom to him" or "John's mom said to him"?

In ordinary conversation you are probably reporting what John's mom told him, so you say John's mom told him that ....

When you are writing dialog in a story or a novel, you are probably quoting direct speech in a way that already shows who is being spoken to, so you write "...," said John's mom.

CJ

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