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Mister Micawber Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Re: help me here please
A is OK.
There is no reason for active voice in B-- we don't know that Caesar did it:
Caeser said, "All the snakes were driven out of Ireland, and they swam to Blue Land."
There is no reason for active voice in B-- we don't know that Caesar did it:
Caeser said, "All the snakes were driven out of Ireland, and they swam to Blue Land."
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MM, I don't really get it (B). "According to" is similar to "Caeser said", and doesn't introduce a reported speech, then?
- MM, I don't really get it (B).
- "According to" is similar to "Caeser said", and doesn't introduce a reported speech, then?
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MM, I don't really get it (B). "According to" is similar to "Caeser said", and doesn't introduce a reported speech, then?
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Huh? Well, yes, both-- it introduces a reported speech (in an indirect way, I suppose, compared to Jimbo complained that) and it is similar in function to Caesar said that.
According to the weatherman, there will be hail and lightning tomorrow.
The weathernan said that there will/would be hail and lightning tomorrow.
The weathernan said, "There will be hail
According to the weatherman, there will be hail and lightning tomorrow.
The weathernan said that there will/would be hail and lightning tomorrow.
The weathernan said, "There will be hail
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Then why not: Caeser said: "all the snakes are driven out of X and they swim to Y"? (which doesn't sound quite right...)
PS. Have you moved from Japan?
PS. Have you moved from Japan?
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One of us is sleepy, Pieanne, but I don't know which. Why would I have moved from Yokohama after having just bought a house here? Why would Caesar's speech have to be brought forward to the 'present' tense?
Factoid: MM bought a house last March.
MM: I bought a house last March.
Pieanne: MM said that he bought a house last March.
No need for
Factoid: MM bought a house last March.
MM: I bought a house last March.
Pieanne: MM said that he bought a house last March.
No need for
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Well, it seems you're posting from Australia...
As to the other matter, I was taught that a simple past in direct speech automatically became a past perfect in R. S., as long as the introducing verb was in the past. I sounds so much better - less complicated - if it stays in the Simple past! Thanks for the explanation!
As to the other matter, I was taught that a simple past in direct speech automatically became a past perfect in R. S., as long as the introducing verb was in the past. I sounds so much better - less complicated - if it stays in the Simple past! Thanks for the explanation!
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Australia? Must be a re-routing. Either that or I am a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
You're right that the standard written regression is to past perfect, and I recommend that language proficiency test takers adhere to that. But note the notes at this [url="http://staff.washington
You're right that the standard written regression is to past perfect, and I recommend that language proficiency test takers adhere to that. But note the notes at this [url="http://staff.washington
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