Formation of Sentences With Indirect Speech
Is the below sentence with the indirect speech correct? Are there any rules which say that the past perfect tense should or should not be used with some of the verbs in that sentence?
Direct speech: “When I was young, I used to go to that place, and I carried some books with me there.”
Indirect speech: “The man said that when he had been young, he had used to go to that place, and he had carried some books with him there.”
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Alexander3 Is the below sentence the sentence below with the indirect speech correct? Alexander3 The man said that when he had been young, he had used to go to that place, and he had carried some books with him there. Yes, it's correct.
- Alexander3 Is the below sentence the sentence below with the indirect speech correct?
- Alexander3 The man said that when he had been young, he had used to go to that place, and he had carried some books with him there.
- Yes, it's correct.
- However, more informally you can report it thus: He said that when he was young he used to go there carrying books with him.
- A school exercise in reported speech forces you to use certain rules, but in ordinary conversational situations we just retell the facts more or less as we remember them.
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Alexander3Isthe below sentencethe sentence below with the indirect speech correct?
Alexander3The man said that when he had been young, he had used to go to that place, and he had carried some books with him there.
Yes, it's correct. However, more informally you can
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