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Let say I told someone about my mother's diagnosis and the person went and told someone else. Which of the following sentences is correct?
Mohamed told me that his mother went for a screening check yesterday, and they discovered that she has/had stage 4 cancer.
Mohamed has told me that his mother went for a screening test yesterday, and they discovered that she has stage 4 cancer.
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Goldenboy1 Which of the following sentences is correct? Mohamed told me that his mother went for a screening check yesterday, and they discovered that she has/had stage 4 cancer. Mohamed has told me that his mother went for a screening test yesterday, and they discovered that she has stage 4 cancer.
- Goldenboy1 Which of the following sentences is correct?
- Mohamed told me that his mother went for a screening check yesterday, and they discovered that she has/had stage 4 cancer.
- Mohamed has told me that his mother went for a screening test yesterday, and they discovered that she has stage 4 cancer.
- The first sentence is better, and it's OK either with 'has' or 'had'.
- discovered that she had simply matches past tense with past tense.
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Goldenboy1Which of the following sentences is correct?
Mohamed told me that his mother went for a screening check yesterday, and they discovered that she has/had stage 4 cancer.
Mohamed has told me that his mother went for a screening test yesterday, and they discovered that she has stage 4 cancer.
The first sentence is better, and it's OK either wi
0https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/tense-changes-when-using-reported-speech/
Table for reported speech/mixed tenses.
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