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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

indirect speech

All tickets must be sold.

He said all tickets must be sold.
He said all tickets had to be sold.

Are they fine?
  

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Inchoateknowledge All tickets must be sold. He said that all tickets must be sold. He said that all tickets had to be sold.

— Philip

  • Inchoateknowledge All tickets must be sold.
  • He said that all tickets must be sold.
  • He said that all tickets had to be sold.
  • Are they fine?
  • My personal preference is to add "that" in indirect speech, especially in spoken language.
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InchoateknowledgeAll tickets must be sold.

He said that all tickets must be sold.
He said that all tickets had to be sold.

Are they fine?
My personal preference is to add "that" in indirect speech, especially in spoken language.
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Philip
InchoateknowledgeAll tickets must be sold.

He said that all tickets must be sold.
He said that all tickets had to be sold.

Are they fine?
My personal preference is to add "that" in indirect speech, especially in spoken langu
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<I thought the addition of 'that' would be more appropriate in formal usage, not informal usage, including spoken language.>

Correct.
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