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Chopsticks1942 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Indirect Speech come => go, bring => get
Q1: "Come and see me whenever you have the time," the lady told John.
The lady told John to go and see her whenever he had the time.
Q2: "Go upstairs and don't come down till dinner-time," he told her angrily.
He told her angrily to go upstairs and not to come down till dinner-time.
Q3: "Bring me the vase. I want to arrange these flowers in it," she said to me.
She asked me to get her the vase. She said that she wanted to arrange those flowers in it.
Q4: "Bring me the newspapers from the table" Mr Wong told him.
Mr Wong told him to bring him the newspapers from the table.
The first question indirect speech the verb "come" changed to "go" but in the second question "come" did not change, aren't they contradict?
Same problem goes to Q3 and Q4, the verb "bring" did not change to "get".
The lady told John to go and see her whenever he had the time.
Q2: "Go upstairs and don't come down till dinner-time," he told her angrily.
He told her angrily to go upstairs and not to come down till dinner-time.
Q3: "Bring me the vase. I want to arrange these flowers in it," she said to me.
She asked me to get her the vase. She said that she wanted to arrange those flowers in it.
Q4: "Bring me the newspapers from the table" Mr Wong told him.
Mr Wong told him to bring him the newspapers from the table.
The first question indirect speech the verb "come" changed to "go" but in the second question "come" did not change, aren't they contradict?
Same problem goes to Q3 and Q4, the verb "bring" did not change to "get".
Top answer
I would have used 'come' in all the reported speech versions.
- I would have used 'come' in all the reported speech versions.
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I think in real life, we are more flexible about "bring" and "take" than some learners think.
If you are "mentally" at the final destination (at the table, at the party, at the airport) then you can use "bring" even if the direction s physically away from both you and the person you're talking to.
So you can use "come" for the reported speech too, if your mind is where the object
If you are "mentally" at the final destination (at the table, at the party, at the airport) then you can use "bring" even if the direction s physically away from both you and the person you're talking to.
So you can use "come" for the reported speech too, if your mind is where the object
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