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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Direct narrations ->Indirect narrations
He said, "she will be on Paris on Monday."
-> He said that she would be on Paris on Monday.
When we convert direct narrations to indirect narrations, we should agree tenses with verbs in main clauses.
And then, if the verbs are 'would', 'could' and 'might' for politeness or lower possibility, etc in dependent clauses, what verbs should we use for indirect narrations?
He said, "she would be on Paris on Monday."
-> He said that she would be on Paris on Monday. or
-> He said that she would have been be on Paris on Monday.
Thank you a million as usual and sorry about taking your time a lot.
-> He said that she would be on Paris on Monday.
When we convert direct narrations to indirect narrations, we should agree tenses with verbs in main clauses.
And then, if the verbs are 'would', 'could' and 'might' for politeness or lower possibility, etc in dependent clauses, what verbs should we use for indirect narrations?
He said, "she would be on Paris on Monday."
-> He said that she would be on Paris on Monday. or
-> He said that she would have been be on Paris on Monday.
Thank you a million as usual and sorry about taking your time a lot.
Top answer
"- - This is not the context of a polite form; it is a conditional or an assurance. - > He said that she would have been in Paris on Monday.
- "- - This is not the context of a polite form; it is a conditional or an assurance.
- - > He said that she would have been in Paris on Monday.
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He said, "She will be in Paris on Monday."
=> He said that she would be in Paris on Monday.- OK
He said, "She would be in Paris on Monday."-- This is not the context of a polite form; it is a conditional or an assurance.
-> He said that she would have been in Paris on Monday.
=> He said that she would be in Paris on Monday.- OK
He said, "She would be in Paris on Monday."-- This is not the context of a polite form; it is a conditional or an assurance.
-> He said that she would have been in Paris on Monday.
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Thank you, and the meaning of 'will be' and 'would be' is the same, but "will be" implies higher possibility than "would be" there? And if 'will be' is used for guessing and higher possibility, the past form of it is "will have pp"?
may be -> may have pp
might be -> might have pp
may be -> may have pp
might be -> might have pp
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