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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Conditional 1 in the past tense
The narrator is the leader of the bandit and the realm has been attacked by devilish things.
He did with me as Corwn had. He offered full pardon to me and to my men if we would join with him against the Wardens of the Circle. Having gone through what I had gone through, I realized that the thing had to be stopped. So I agreeded.
["The Guns at Avlon" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why "He offered," not "He told he would offer."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He did with me as Corwn had. He offered full pardon to me and to my men if we would join with him against the Wardens of the Circle. Having gone through what I had gone through, I realized that the thing had to be stopped. So I agreeded.
["The Guns at Avlon" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why "He offered," not "He told he would offer."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" 1. He offered... " 2.
- " 1.
- He offered...
- " 2.
- He told him he would offer - "told" is the main verb.
- " is a noun clause.
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park sang joon"He offered," not "He told he would offer."1. He offered... - "offer is the main verb."
2. He told him he would offer - "told" is the main verb. "he would offer..." is a noun clause.
The first sentence is more direct.
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