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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
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http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20050311_190923_1488
1. James says if the NDP gets elected in the spring, she would increase the number of residencies for foreign trained doctors to 25 annually. (Is this a conditional wiht a modal verb? Is the modal verb acting as a suggestion? It has no tense right?)
1. James says if the NDP gets elected in the spring, she would increase the number of residencies for foreign trained doctors to 25 annually. (Is this a conditional wiht a modal verb? Is the modal verb acting as a suggestion? It has no tense right?)
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Jack, All the examples from that site provide clear examples that markers for reported speech are not shifts in actual tense. They are ONLY indicators that the original speech is not being given exactly as it was first spoken. In the example you chose, 'would' definitely has no tense.
- Jack, All the examples from that site provide clear examples that markers for reported speech are not shifts in actual tense.
- They are ONLY indicators that the original speech is not being given exactly as it was first spoken.
- In the example you chose, 'would' definitely has no tense.
- The meaning clearly points forward, to the future and 'would' is simply a marker indicating reported speech.
- The original speech could have been 'will' or 'would'.
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Jack,
All the examples from that site provide clear examples that markers for reported speech are not shifts in actual tense. They are ONLY indicators that the original speech is not being given exactly as it was first spoken.
In the example you chose, 'would' definitely has no tense. The meaning clearly points forward, to the future and 'would' is simply a marker indicating r
All the examples from that site provide clear examples that markers for reported speech are not shifts in actual tense. They are ONLY indicators that the original speech is not being given exactly as it was first spoken.
In the example you chose, 'would' definitely has no tense. The meaning clearly points forward, to the future and 'would' is simply a marker indicating r
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