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Goldenboy1 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Backshifting
Do you think backshifting is required or optional in the following sentences?
I was calling to let know that I have received your text.
I was calling to let you know that I received your text.
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It's optional. Consider also I was calling to let you know that I'd received your text .
- It's optional.
- Consider also I was calling to let you know that I'd received your text .
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It's optional.
Consider also I was calling to let you know that I'd received your text.
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Goldenboy1Do you think backshifting is required or optional in the following sentences?
The term "back shifting" is used for reported speech versus direct speech.
e.g.
I said, "I have received your text." (direct speech)
I said that I had received your text. (reported speech)
Your sentences are not reported speech, but just
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