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Vladv Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect and present perfect
Hi, there! Could you please explain the peculiarities of backshifting. " He has become less popular that he was" or " he has become less popular that he has been " or " he has become less popular that he he had been". What does using accordingly past simple , present perfect And past perfect in the second part of the sentence impliy grammatically ? Thanks a lot .
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Backshifting is used in reported speech. The tense of the verb in the direct speech shifts back one step when the sentence is converted to indirect speech. None of your examples are indirect speech, so backshifting does not apply.
- Backshifting is used in reported speech.
- The tense of the verb in the direct speech shifts back one step when the sentence is converted to indirect speech.
- None of your examples are indirect speech, so backshifting does not apply.
- org/reported-speech-backshifting /
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Backshifting is used in reported speech. The tense of the verb in the direct speech shifts back one step when the sentence is converted to indirect speech.
None of your examples are indirect speech, so backshifting does not apply.
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