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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Indirect speech

Don't worry I won't get distracted in the future she promised her teacher.
She promised not to get distracted in the future to her teacher.

Are these sentences correct?
  

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How about I punctuate the sentence in direct speech for you, and you improve the sentence in indirect speech? "Don't worry, I won't get distracted in the future", she promised her teacher.

— Miriam

  • How about I punctuate the sentence in direct speech for you, and you improve the sentence in indirect speech?
  • "Don't worry, I won't get distracted in the future", she promised her teacher.
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How about I punctuate the sentence in direct speech for you, and you improve the sentence in indirect speech?

"Don't worry, I won't get distracted in the future", she promised her teacher.
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She promised her teacher not to worry. She would not get distracted in the future.

Am I right?
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"Don't worry I won't get distracted in the future ."she promised her teacher.
She promised not to get distracted in the future to her teacher .
Maybe .....
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She told her teacher not to worry and promised that she wouldn't get distracted in the future.
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MajDon't worry I won't get distracted in the future she promised her teacher.
She promised not to get distracted in the future to her teacher.

Are these sentences correct?
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Don't worry I won't get distracted in the future she promised her teacher.
She promised not to get distracted in the future to her teacher.

My try is:

She promised to her teacher that she would not get distracted in her future and asked her teacher not to worry.
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Distract means, to a great extent, to lose attention.

I wonder whether your second sentence makes any sense.
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She promised to her teacher that she would not get distracted in the future, and told him/her not to worry?

She told her teacher she would not get distracted in the future, that s/he shouldn't worry ?
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