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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
He said he is getting married.
1. My daughter Abigail announced last night that she is getting married.
I found the be verb is not changed in #1.
2. He said he would go to school on Saturday.
Does be verb in #1 not change because there is no changing form such as will to would in #2?
I found the be verb is not changed in #1.
2. He said he would go to school on Saturday.
Does be verb in #1 not change because there is no changing form such as will to would in #2?
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moon7296 Does be verb in #1 not change because there is no changing form such as will to would in #2? No. Not if I understand your question.
- moon7296 Does be verb in #1 not change because there is no changing form such as will to would in #2?
- No.
- Not if I understand your question.
- You can use various tenses with these.
- My daughter announced that she [is / was] getting married.
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moon7296Does be verb in #1 not change because there is no changing form such as will to would in #2?No. Not if I understand your question.
You can use various tenses with these.
My daughter announced that she [is / was] getting married.
He said he [is / was] going to school on Saturday.
My daughter announced th
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Hi,
It's difficult for me to understand the difference between your 2 different examples.
There's only one version "My daughter...would...."
But there's two version "My daughter...is/was...."
Can you tell me what the difference is between "My daughter ...is...." and "My daughter ... was...."?
It's difficult for me to understand the difference between your 2 different examples.
There's only one version "My daughter...would...."
But there's two version "My daughter...is/was...."
Can you tell me what the difference is between "My daughter ...is...." and "My daughter ... was...."?
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This is reported speech as you probably know.
When you report something, you do a few changes in the reported sentence.
One of these changes is backshift of verb, according to older and more stricter grammar books. (Nowadays, modern grammar books are sometimes more flexible and tolerant about doing backshift as a matter of necessity.)
However, there are surely a lot of e
When you report something, you do a few changes in the reported sentence.
One of these changes is backshift of verb, according to older and more stricter grammar books. (Nowadays, modern grammar books are sometimes more flexible and tolerant about doing backshift as a matter of necessity.)
However, there are surely a lot of e
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Hi, Marold.
The answer you gave me is very something beyond information I can find from books. I appreciate it.
Summarizing your answer, I can say this two.
1. There are rules for reported speech, but they are not kept precisely in modern English.
2. "My daughter...she is/was...." can be different according to the rules for reported speech.
Q) Is my summary corre
The answer you gave me is very something beyond information I can find from books. I appreciate it.
Summarizing your answer, I can say this two.
1. There are rules for reported speech, but they are not kept precisely in modern English.
2. "My daughter...she is/was...." can be different according to the rules for reported speech.
Q) Is my summary corre
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