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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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in reported speech??

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00I think Mr. M said something to the effect that something similar to the following underlined part need not be changed.02br
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01i00Person: When they get off, those boys had better watch out.02i02br
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01i00Reported speech: He said that when they got off, the boys had better watch out.02i02br
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00How is it different from this?02br
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01i00Person: When you need money, you can call me.02i02br
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01i00Reported speech: He said that when I needed money, I could call him. 02i02br
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00Why the 'the boys had better what out' part need not back-shift?0-
  

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0How much further back can you back-shift from past perfect?0-
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1i00had better 02i00is an idiom that doesn't change in a backshift.02br
01i00You had better go.02i02br
01i00He told me that I had better go.02i02br
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01i00would rather02i00 is another idiom like that.02br
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