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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Help me, please !
I´d like to use indirect speech for these sentences, but I can´t make them right.
Can you please help me, I´d really appreciate it !
a) Kevin said, `Didn' t you just buy a bike last year?"
b) The plaque said, ´Watch out for fake products´
c) Shirley told me that, `I had to make a statement on that yesterday
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you please help me, I´d really appreciate it !
a) Kevin said, `Didn' t you just buy a bike last year?"
b) The plaque said, ´Watch out for fake products´
c) Shirley told me that, `I had to make a statement on that yesterday
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi, I´d like to use indirect speech for these sentences, but I can´t make them right. Can you please help me, I´d really appreciate it ! " b) The plaque said, ´Watch out for fake products´ a) Kevin asked me if I had just bought a bike the previous year.
- Hi, I´d like to use indirect speech for these sentences, but I can´t make them right.
- Can you please help me, I´d really appreciate it !
- " b) The plaque said, ´Watch out for fake products´ a) Kevin asked me if I had just bought a bike the previous year.
- or Kevin asked the person if he or she had just bought a bike the previous year.
- b) The plaque said that people should watch out for fake products.
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Hi,
I´d like to use indirect speech for these sentences, but I can´t make them right.
Can you please help me, I´d really appreciate it !
a) Kevin said, `Didn' t you just buy a bike last year?"
b) The plaque said, ´Watch out for fake products´
a) Kevin asked me if I had just bought a bike the
I´d like to use indirect speech for these sentences, but I can´t make them right.
Can you please help me, I´d really appreciate it !
a) Kevin said, `Didn' t you just buy a bike last year?"
b) The plaque said, ´Watch out for fake products´
a) Kevin asked me if I had just bought a bike the
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The problem with Kevin's sentence is that he uses "just" in the same sentence as "last year", which doesn't make sense. "Kevin asked if I hadn't just bought a bike". or "Kevin asked if I hadn't bought a bike last year". You can't cram just and last year into the same sentence.
"The plaque warned about fake products" is the best you can hope for, with a variety of variations on "warned abou
"The plaque warned about fake products" is the best you can hope for, with a variety of variations on "warned abou
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