Are ‘She said her son had told her’ and ‘so shocked with’ correctly used the sentences?
Are ‘She said her son had told her’ and ‘so shocked with’ correctly used the sentences?
The next year, Jason’s mom called me on the phone, asking me if there was anything wrong with him. She said her son had told her that he wasn’t attending school anymore. I was so shocked with what I heard. The truth was that he was always attending classes in school.
Top answer
“She said her son had told her” is correctly used. “I was so shocked by what I heard” would be preferred.
— Wilpeter
“She said her son had told her” is correctly used.
“I was so shocked by what I heard” would be preferred.
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