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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
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01. She said "I will go to town today". 02br
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002. She said she would go to town that day. 02br
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0 Hello Andrei 02br 02br 00Yes, #2 is fine. 02br 02br 00If the day on which she goes to town = the day on which the sentence is uttered, you can retain 'today': 02br 02br 003. She said she would go to town today.

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  • 0 Hello Andrei 02br 02br 00Yes, #2 is fine.
  • 02br 02br 00If the day on which she goes to town = the day on which the sentence is uttered, you can retain 'today': 02br 02br 003.
  • She said she would go to town today.
  • 02br 02br 00(Or: 02br 02br 004.
  • ) 02br 02br 00MrP 0-
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0 Hello Andrei 02br
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00Yes, #2 is fine. 02br
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00If the day on which she goes to town = the day on which the sentence is uttered, you can retain 'today': 02br
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003. She said she would go to town today. 02br
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004. She said she'd be going to town today.) 02br
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0 MrPedantic says you could retain the word 'today'. I am a bit perplexed to hear it. Because it should change when moving from direct speech to indirect speech to the best of my knowledge of English. 0-
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0 Andrei, you don't have to change "today" if the indirect speech is referring to the same day "today". e.g. 02br
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00Sometime in the morning, Mary said to you, "I am going to town today." 02br
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00Sometime in the afternoon of that same day, Tom asked you, "What did Mary say to you?" 02br
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00You reply, "Mary said that she was
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