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Bhikkhu1991 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Formal and Informal expressions
Hello,
He said yesterday morning he would go by plane yesterday afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
How do you express the above sentence formally and informally?
I tried it this way formally: Yesterday morning he said he would go by plane that afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning. I hope it makes sense. Does it call a reported speech? Unfortunately, I do not know how native speakers use it informally.
Thank you.
With best wishes.
He said yesterday morning he would go by plane yesterday afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
How do you express the above sentence formally and informally?
I tried it this way formally: Yesterday morning he said he would go by plane that afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning. I hope it makes sense. Does it call a reported speech? Unfortunately, I do not know how native speakers use it informally.
Thank you.
With best wishes.
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Yesterday morning he said he would go by plane that afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning. This looks OK to me as a formal sentence. In ordinary speech, I guess I'd probably say something like: Yesterday morning he said he'd be leaving in the afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
- Yesterday morning he said he would go by plane that afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
- This looks OK to me as a formal sentence.
- In ordinary speech, I guess I'd probably say something like: Yesterday morning he said he'd be leaving in the afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
- "go by plane" might be natural in certain circumstances, but if the person I was talking to wasn't already broadly familiar with the circumstances (who was going where, how and why) then I would normally expect these to have been explained in a previous scene-setting dialogue.
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Yesterday morning he said he would go by plane that afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
This looks OK to me as a formal sentence.
In ordinary speech, I guess I'd probably say something like:
Yesterday morning he said he'd be leaving in the afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
"go by plane" might be natural i
This looks OK to me as a formal sentence.
In ordinary speech, I guess I'd probably say something like:
Yesterday morning he said he'd be leaving in the afternoon, but the plane was delayed until this morning.
"go by plane" might be natural i
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