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Pructus Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Felt as if
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If A is converted into indirect speech, are both B and C correct, both meaning the same?
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A. I felt as if she were my own child.
B. John said that he felt as if she were his own child.
C. John said that he felt as if she had been his own child.
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I would use (B). g. felt after the child had died).
- I would use (B).
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- felt after the child had died).
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I would use (B). (C) can be understood as meaning that he said "I felt as if she had been my own child" (e.g. felt after the child had died).
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