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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Questions on reported speech

Hi. Are these correct? Do we need to change tenses? Thank you in advance for your help.

1. He said we need to pay more attention to details in this matter.

2. He said we are in a bad shape in terms of our finances.

  

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anonymous 1. He said we need to pay more attention to details in this matter. For the most part, I think this is okay.

— MountainHiker

  • anonymous 1.
  • He said we need to pay more attention to details in this matter.
  • For the most part, I think this is okay.
  • But I would change it to one of the following: He said we need to pay more attention to details .
  • (general statement) He said we need to pay more attention to the details in this matter.
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anonymous1. He said we need to pay more attention to details in this matter.

For the most part, I think this is okay. But I would change it to one of the following:

He said we need to pay more attention to details. (general statement)

He said we need to pay more attention to the details in this matter. (referring to the details in

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