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PECULIAR773 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Indirect speech backshifting
I used to think you were an awesome person.
He said that he had used to think you had been an awesome person?
It just doesn't sound right, but apparently both of these have to backshift, right?
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PECULIAR773 It just doesn't sound right, but apparently both of these have to backshift, right? Good heavens, no. He said that he used to think you were an awesome person.
- PECULIAR773 It just doesn't sound right, but apparently both of these have to backshift, right?
- Good heavens, no.
- He said that he used to think you were an awesome person.
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PECULIAR773It just doesn't sound right, but apparently both of these have to backshift, right?
Good heavens, no.
He said that he used to think you were an awesome person.
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