Is it okay not to backshift the tenses in my example?
I have made up the example below.
(ex) This morning, the receptionist said to me that many people have applied for the job. She's arranging interveiws for them. She needs to check and see if there're any more time slots left. She's going to try to slot me in the list. She'll get in touch with me in a week.
Is it OK not to backshift the tenses in my example when I'm reporting the speech that was heard this morning? Thank you.
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ansonguy This morning, the receptionist said to me that ... You mentioned the person who heard what was said ('me'), so it's going to be told me . ansonguy interveiws interv ie ws ansonguy there're there are We rarely use that contraction in writing.
- ansonguy This morning, the receptionist said to me that ...
- You mentioned the person who heard what was said ('me'), so it's going to be told me .
- ansonguy interveiws interv ie ws ansonguy there're there are We rarely use that contraction in writing.
- I'd avoid it.
- ansonguy to try to slot me I'd also avoid using 'slot' as a verb.
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