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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Back shifting
Alice: "I am going to tell Emily."
Reported speech:
Alice says she was going to tell Emily.
Is it possible to use the present verb says , backshift and use was?
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Not if she says "I am going to tell Emily", no. It is correct if she says "I was going to tell Emily".
- Not if she says "I am going to tell Emily", no.
- It is correct if she says "I was going to tell Emily".
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Not if she says "I am going to tell Emily", no. It is correct if she says "I was going to tell Emily".
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