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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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indirect reporting of speech?
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00 Here, when a person is quoting what someone said indirectly, I think the usual rule is to back-shift the verb. 02 br
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00 When I got off the plane in Seattle, an American man, referring to ... told me that those boys had better watch it while in America. 02 br
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00 Should it be? 02 br
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00 When I got off the plane in Seattle, an American man, referring to ... told me that those boys had 01 u 00 to 02 u 00 better watch it while in America. 02 br
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00 I think we use 'had better do something' when strongly tellling someone not to do it, but I am not sure it is a back-shift form of anything. 0-
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00 Here, when a person is quoting what someone said indirectly, I think the usual rule is to back-shift the verb. 02 br
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00 When I got off the plane in Seattle, an American man, referring to ... told me that those boys had better watch it while in America. 02 br
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00 Should it be? 02 br
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00 When I got off the plane in Seattle, an American man, referring to ... told me that those boys had 01 u 00 to 02 u 00 better watch it while in America. 02 br
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00 I think we use 'had better do something' when strongly tellling someone not to do it, but I am not sure it is a back-shift form of anything. 0-
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00 No 01 i 00 to 02 i 00 . 01 i 00 Had better 02 i 00 is not a back formation of anything. 02 br
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00 Man: 01 i 00 "When you get off the plane, you'd better watch it." 02 i 02 br
00 The man said that when we got off the plane, we'd better watch it. 0-
00 No 01 i 00 to 02 i 00 . 01 i 00 Had better 02 i 00 is not a back formation of anything. 02 br
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00 Man: 01 i 00 "When you get off the plane, you'd better watch it." 02 i 02 br
00 The man said that when we got off the plane, we'd better watch it. 0-
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