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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Is this sentences correct?
I read a sentence from Wall street journal which was written as below,
"Once that work is completed, Mr. Lhota said the temporary bus service launched Thursday to ferry passengers from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan will be halted."
Why the " Lower Manhattan will be halted" can be written in future tense? Shouldn't it follow the tense of the sentence before written in past tense?Like this,
"Once that work is completed, Mr. Lhota said the temporary bus service launched Thursday to ferry passengers from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan would be halted."
I though Lhoa was mentioning a future event in a past occasion.
Can anyone clarfiy it for me?Many Thanks.
"Once that work is completed, Mr. Lhota said the temporary bus service launched Thursday to ferry passengers from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan will be halted."
Why the " Lower Manhattan will be halted" can be written in future tense? Shouldn't it follow the tense of the sentence before written in past tense?Like this,
"Once that work is completed, Mr. Lhota said the temporary bus service launched Thursday to ferry passengers from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan would be halted."
I though Lhoa was mentioning a future event in a past occasion.
Can anyone clarfiy it for me?Many Thanks.
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I would like to see the original text, as you may not have typed the quotation marks accurately. The original could be this: "Once that work is completed ," Mr. "
- I would like to see the original text, as you may not have typed the quotation marks accurately.
- The original could be this: "Once that work is completed ," Mr.
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I would like to see the original text, as you may not have typed the quotation marks accurately. The original could be this:
"Once that work is completed," Mr. Lhota said, "the temporary bus service launched Thursday to ferry passengers from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan will be halted."
"Once that work is completed," Mr. Lhota said, "the temporary bus service launched Thursday to ferry passengers from Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan will be halted."
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The original paragraph is here. They didn't add any quotation marks.
Mr. Lhota said five of the seven under-river tunnels that flooded have been cleared of water. Repair work continues at the West 4th Street station in Greenwich Village, where the crews are currently replacing switches.
Once that work is completed, Mr. Lhota said the temporary bus service launched Thursday to fer
Mr. Lhota said five of the seven under-river tunnels that flooded have been cleared of water. Repair work continues at the West 4th Street station in Greenwich Village, where the crews are currently replacing switches.
Once that work is completed, Mr. Lhota said the temporary bus service launched Thursday to fer
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I see. The writer has chosen to write the whole thing in a journalistic style which melds direct and indirect quotation. 'Will' is consistent with most of the other verbs in the text:
Mr. Lhota said five of the seven under-river tunnels that flooded have been cleared of water. Repair work continues at the West 4th Street station in Greenwich Village, where the cr
Mr. Lhota said five of the seven under-river tunnels that flooded have been cleared of water. Repair work continues at the West 4th Street station in Greenwich Village, where the cr
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