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Ramesh Reddy Posted 12 years ago
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My friend's girl friend recently told him that
"if he did not inform their marriage matter to his mother before August 26th, she would not talk with him further". Any corrections in the sentence construction please
  

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Ramesh Reddy corrections in the sentence construction please? Yes. ".

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  • Ramesh Reddy corrections in the sentence construction please?
  • Yes.
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  • It would be correct without that.
  • If you had written My friend's girlfriend recently told him "If you didn't inform our marriage matter to your mother before the xyz date, she wouldn't talk with you further(or I'd say anymore)", then it would have been correct.
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Ramesh Reddy corrections in the sentence construction please?
Yes. You don't need quotation marks to enclose the sentence "If he didn't...". It would be correct without that. If you had written My friend's girlfriend recently told him "If you didn't inform our marriage matter to your mother before the xyz date, she wouldn't talk wit
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The more natural version will be: 'If he did not inform his mother before Aug 26, of their plan to get married, she will not talk to him anymore.'
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grammarfreak 'If he did not inform his mother before Aug 26, of their plan to get married, she will not talk to him anymore.'
If he did not inform his mother before Aug 26, of their plan to get married, she would
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fivejedjonIf he did not inform his mother before Aug 26, of their plan to get married, she would not talk to him anymore.
If you did not finish your home work, you will not go out with your friend this weekend. In your opinion, this is i
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grammarfreak fivejedjonIf he did not inform his mother before Aug 26, of their plan to get married, she would not talk to him anymore.If you did not finish your home work, you will not go out with your friend this weekend. In your opinion, this is incorrect as well? I understand you wanted to make it a textbook conditional, but from my perspective, I used 'will not' becau
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On your reply, you didn't answer my question which I'd like to know if it is allowed?

If you did not finish your home work, you will not go out with your friend this weekend. In your opinion, this is incorrect as well?
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grammarfreakIf you did not finish your home work, you will not go out with your friend this weekend. In your opinion, this is incorrect as well?
Of course it's not incorrect if the not-finishing of the homework is past time and the going out is future time.
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fivejedjonOf course it's not incorrect if the not-finishing of the homework is past time and the going out is future time.
Thanks for the reply. Then wouldn't you say in your opinion this scenario is relatively the same construction as the one with 'plan to get married'? I must say, however ,the part about 'telling his mother before Aug 26' was a bit strange
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grammarfreakThanks for the reply. Then wouldn't you say in your opinion this scenario is relatively the same construction as the one with 'plan to get married'?
NO. The original question was about a statement in reported speech.
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