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Tarirotari Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
More on reported speech
Do the following sentences have the same meaning:
He tells me that her sister was a student of Arts in Cambridge.
He told me that her sister had been a student of Arts in Cambridge.
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He tells me that her sister was a student of Arts in Cambridge.
He told me that her sister had been a student of Arts in Cambridge.
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Yes, but the second requires reference to another past event in the context.
- Yes, but the second requires reference to another past event in the context.
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Yes, but the second requires reference to another past event in the context.
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Should the 'tells' in the first sentence be 'told', as it is a past event?
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Not necessarily; that is a different concern, a matter of 'narrative present'.
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