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Ye Thu Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech
Dear Grammarians, please help me out with this question.
D.S: Hla Hla said to Tun Tun,"Where did you go yesterday?"
I.S: Hla Hla wanted to know ..........................
According to the question, can I rewrite it as the following ways? Thanks a million.
(1) Hla Hla wanted to know where Tun Tun had gone the day before.
(2) Hla Hla wanted to know from Tun Tun where he had gone the day before.
D.S: Hla Hla said to Tun Tun,"Where did you go yesterday?"
I.S: Hla Hla wanted to know ..........................
According to the question, can I rewrite it as the following ways? Thanks a million.
(1) Hla Hla wanted to know where Tun Tun had gone the day before.
(2) Hla Hla wanted to know from Tun Tun where he had gone the day before.
Top answer
(3) Hla Hla asked Tun Tun where he had gone the day before. )
- (3) Hla Hla asked Tun Tun where he had gone the day before.
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(3) Hla Hla asked Tun Tun where he had gone the day before.
(The report of wanting to know is followed by actually asking for an answer.)
(The report of wanting to know is followed by actually asking for an answer.)
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wilpeter(3) Hla Hla asked Tun Tun where he had gone the day before.(The report of wanting to know is followed by actually asking for an answer.)Dear wilpeter, the questioner gave the word "wanted to know" in the reported speech. If so, the question is wrong, isn't it? Thanks again.
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Strictly speaking, there were two answers that are the two stages of the report.
Both (1) and (2) are correct initially, because he did ‘want to know’.
(3) is also correct because he reacted to his need to know by actually asking.
Both (1) and (2) are correct initially, because he did ‘want to know’.
(3) is also correct because he reacted to his need to know by actually asking.
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With apologies, (I mistakingly used ‘gone’ instead of ‘been’.)
When you ask someone a question, it is assumed that you want to know the answer; so it would be unnecessary to report, “Hla Hla asked Tun Tun where had been the day before, because he wanted to know.”
When you ask someone a question, it is assumed that you want to know the answer; so it would be unnecessary to report, “Hla Hla asked Tun Tun where had been the day before, because he wanted to know.”
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Hi,wilpeter, do you mean I must use "been" instead of "gone" in #1 and # 2? Thanks.
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