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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Difference between Say and Said
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00 Hi I am Joel from the Philippines, I am really confused about the usage of "say" when it is used in reported speech....Why do we say in reported speech: 01 i 00 She 01 b 00 says 02 b 00 "What time will you be home?" 02 i 00 rather than using the past tense "said" in 01 i 00 She 01 b 00 said 02 b 00 "What time will you be home?"? 02 i 00 What is the difference between the two? and what verb tense should be prefferred? Thank you very much and God bless. 0-
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00 Hi I am Joel from the Philippines, I am really confused about the usage of "say" when it is used in reported speech....Why do we say in reported speech: 01 i 00 She 01 b 00 says 02 b 00 "What time will you be home?" 02 i 00 rather than using the past tense "said" in 01 i 00 She 01 b 00 said 02 b 00 "What time will you be home?"? 02 i 00 What is the difference between the two? and what verb tense should be prefferred? Thank you very much and God bless. 0-
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00 " 02 br 02 br 00 Neither of those are reported speech. They are both direct speech, the first spoken in the present and the second spoken in the past. 02 i 0-
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01 i 00 She 01 b 00 says 02 b 00 "What time will you be home?" 02 br
02 i 00 She 01 b 00 said 02 b 00 "What time will you be home? 00 " 02 br
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00 Neither of those are reported speech. They are both direct speech, the first spoken in the present and the second spoken in the past. Reported speech does
01 i 00 She 01 b 00 says 02 b 00 "What time will you be home?" 02 br
02 i 00 She 01 b 00 said 02 b 00 "What time will you be home? 00 " 02 br
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00 Neither of those are reported speech. They are both direct speech, the first spoken in the present and the second spoken in the past. Reported speech does
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0 This is a tricky one and I personally think there's no right or wrong, at least in most cases. It depends on the time frame the speaker has in mind most of the time. 02 br
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00 However, I have some preferences. In everyday conversation, if I use the past tense said, I wouldn't quote the speech, instead I would change the speech tense to the past tense. For example, 02 br
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00 However, I have some preferences. In everyday conversation, if I use the past tense said, I wouldn't quote the speech, instead I would change the speech tense to the past tense. For example, 02 br
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0 Hi Sir, 02 br
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00 Thank you so much for your taking time to help me and may ***, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, bless you greatly.... 02 br
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00 Sir, what is the proper verb to be use here? Why is it that even if it did happen in the past (the conversation, I mean) I can read a lot of them using the present tense "say" Like: Tom says that.....yesterd
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00 Thank you so much for your taking time to help me and may ***, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, bless you greatly.... 02 br
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00 Sir, what is the proper verb to be use here? Why is it that even if it did happen in the past (the conversation, I mean) I can read a lot of them using the present tense "say" Like: Tom says that.....yesterd
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00 Regardless, in conversation, we often uses ' 01 i 00 Tom says 02 i 00 ' (though he actually said it ye
00 Tom says that.....yesterday. Why says not said? 12 blockquote10 Does 01 i 00 yesterday 02 i 00 refer to Tom's speaking or the event of which he speaks? Your example is unclear. 02 br
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00 Regardless, in conversation, we often uses ' 01 i 00 Tom says 02 i 00 ' (though he actually said it ye
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Hi I am Azalea from America and and I'm 10 and I'm her to tell you the answer to your question. when she SAYS what time will you be home is that she just said that and when she SAID what time will you be home it mean she said that like earlier
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AnonymousHi I am Azalea from America and and I'm 10 and I'm her to tell you the answer to your question. when she SAYS what time will you be home is that she just said that and when she SAID what time will you be home it mean she said that like earlierThank you, Azalea, for your helpful answer.
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I was helping a granddaughter with her present and past tense exercises this evening. The sentence in question: Some of you say/said that you would finish this past weekend.
Is it say or said? I told her said, as the verb phrase following is past tense "would finish." However, it seems rather tricky, and I want to tell her correctly.
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