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You are posting the same questions over and over again, PJ. Please refer to one of your many earlier threads concerning backshifting. This question is no different from them, I assure you.

Aspara GusYou are posting the same questions over and over again, PJ. Please refer to one of your many earlier threads concerning backshifting. This question is no different from them, I assure you.

I've been going through my earlier threads and couldn't find anything on this particular sentence. It took me half an hour to look through those posts, and I came

Both are fine. Just note that backshifting is never wrong, so when in doubt, do that.

PreciousJonesit's really so much easier for me to post a new question.

I would think that it would be easier to learn from the answers you’re given.

Aspara Gus......Both are fine. Just note that backshifting is never wrong, But it does change the meaning, so it can't be all good. And even people who like backshifting admit it's not essential. So the other choice is to skip the backshifting and keep the true unequivocal meaning.

canadian45But it does change the meaning

It usually doesn’t, and it clearly doesn’t in this case. We’ve argued about this already, I think. No need to get into it again!

Aspara GusIt usually doesn’t, and it clearly doesn’t in this case. We’ve argued about this already, I think. No need to get into it again!

Do you mean that you can present your case again here, but I can't present mine. And this topic has nothing to do with us. It has to do with the two options that you said are both fine. Furthermore, som

canadian45If someone just yeaterday said something about their habitual behavior, it almost certainly still applies today. So which tense do think is more likely to represent the true meaning today? To me, the answer is clearly the present tense, "hang out".

Many people would backshift in that situation with no change in meaning. In fact, some teachers and boo