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Heidi005 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Indirect Speech

Is this correct?
She added "I don't crowd my memory with facts that I can easily find in an encyclopedia"--> She added that she doesn't crowd her memory with facts that could easily find in an encyclopedia.
  

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heidi005 She added , "I don't crowd my memory with facts that I can easily find in an encyclopedia"--> She added that she didn't crowd her memory with facts that she could easily find in an encyclopedia. Almost perfect, but the verbs should all match the tense of "added". Correct as shown above.

— CalifJim

  • heidi005 She added , "I don't crowd my memory with facts that I can easily find in an encyclopedia"--> She added that she didn't crowd her memory with facts that she could easily find in an encyclopedia.
  • Almost perfect, but the verbs should all match the tense of "added".
  • Correct as shown above.
  • CJ
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heidi005She added, "I don't crowd my memory with facts that I can easily find in an encyclopedia"--> She added that she didn't crowd her memory with facts that she could easily find in an encyclopedia.
Almost perfect, but the verb
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Got it! Thanks again CJ!
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heidi005 She added that she doesn't crowd her memory with facts that she could easily find in an encyclopedia.
If, at the time of reporting, she still doesn't crowd her memory .., then 'doesn't' is fine. Backshifting is optional here, not obligatory.
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