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Guzhao67 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
embedded present tense under past tense
Hi: Could you explain why the present tense ("lives") is used in the embedded that-clause in the following sentence: "In 1862, A. Lincoln said that he would free any slave that lives in the South. " Thank you.
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It makes the speech more immediate for the reader. ) .
- It makes the speech more immediate for the reader.
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It makes the speech more immediate for the reader. (If I were editor, I would change it to 'lived', though.)
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It makes the speech more immediate for the reader. (If I were editor, I would change it to 'lived', though.)
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I interpret this as reported speech.
In direct speech, I would write:
In 1862, A. Lincoln said, " I will free any slave that lives in the South."
Translated to reported speech, the statement would be:
In 1862, Lincoln said that he would free any slave that lives in the South.
In direct speech, I would write:
In 1862, A. Lincoln said, " I will free any slave that lives in the South."
Translated to reported speech, the statement would be:
In 1862, Lincoln said that he would free any slave that lives in the South.
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guzhao67Hi: Could you explain why the present tense ("lives") is used in the embedded that-clause in the following sentence: "In 1862, A. Lincoln said that he would free any slave that lives in the South. "I can't explain it. I would have said "lived".
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