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Jooney Posted 14 years ago
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Backshift
Hi,
As Darsheen Davis waited in the station on a recent afternoon and a pigeon fearlessly strutted by, she pointed to the white droppings that still streaked the station’s ceiling. She suffers from bronchial asthma and said the pigeon smell remains so strong it makes her dizzy every time she waits there.
I notice that the writer didn't apply a backshift rule, keeping the tense form of the original utterance.
What is the reason for doing this? He didn't backshift it because the statement made by Davis was still valid at the time of his reporting this?
I'd appreciate your help.
As Darsheen Davis waited in the station on a recent afternoon and a pigeon fearlessly strutted by, she pointed to the white droppings that still streaked the station’s ceiling. She suffers from bronchial asthma and said the pigeon smell remains so strong it makes her dizzy every time she waits there.
I notice that the writer didn't apply a backshift rule, keeping the tense form of the original utterance.
What is the reason for doing this? He didn't backshift it because the statement made by Davis was still valid at the time of his reporting this?
I'd appreciate your help.
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jooney He didn't backshift it because the statement made by Davis was still valid at the time of his reporting this? Yes. That would be my interpretation as well.
- jooney He didn't backshift it because the statement made by Davis was still valid at the time of his reporting this?
- Yes.
- That would be my interpretation as well.
- The smell is always there.
- CJ
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jooneyHe didn't backshift it because the statement made by Davis was still valid at the time of his reporting this?Yes. That would be my interpretation as well. The smell is always there.
CJ
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