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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

'it rained all night', he told her .'Look at the ground.It is not only wet, but slushy'.

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Hi The problem is that this works well with quoted speech. If I had to, I might write... He could not think of a thing to say to her: he mentioned that it had rained all of last night.

  • Hi The problem is that this works well with quoted speech.
  • If I had to, I might write...
  • He could not think of a thing to say to her: he mentioned that it had rained all of last night.
  • " He pointed to the ground, where it was wet and slushy, saying that it was so That's the best I can do!
  • Regards, Dave
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Hi

The problem is that this works well with quoted speech. If I had to, I might write...

He could not think of a thing to say to her: he mentioned that it had rained all of last night. She just said "Really?"

He pointed to the ground, where it was wet and slushy, saying that it was so

That's the best I can do!

Regards, Dave
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Please post the question in the text box - not in the header. The header should be brief.

You try to change this into reported speech first. Then we'll see what we can do to help.

CJ

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