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PASTEL Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

reported speech

0She says she 01u00watches02u00 TV every day.01blockquote
00When the reporting verb is simple present, present perfect, or future, the noun clause verb is not changed.12blockquote
10I would like to know your comment about this. Thank you.02br
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02font 00 I think this rule needs to explain 'changed from what'? Any tense that she uses in her direct speech? 02font 00 Sounds OK02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 0-

— Clive

  • 02font 00 I think this rule needs to explain 'changed from what'?
  • Any tense that she uses in her direct speech?
  • 02font 00 Sounds OK02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 0-
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01font00When the reporting verb is simple present, present perfect, or future, the noun clause verb is not changed.02font00 I think this rule needs to explain 'changed from what'? Any tense that she uses in her direct speech? In other words, I think you h
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01font00When the reporting verb is simple present, present perfect, or future, the noun clause verb is not changed.02font00 I think this rule needs to explain 'changed from what'? Any tense that she uses in her direct speech? In other words, I think you h
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0Yes, it seems ok to me too:02br
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001. "I'm going to bed now." (She says she's going to bed.)02br
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002. "I went to bed early last night." (She says she went to bed early last night.)02br
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003. (Well, you can ask her if you like; but she'll say she didn't do it.) "I didn't do it!"02br
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00Surely there m
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0(In the morning)02br
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00Sam: Wow, you've done a great job.02br
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00Me: Thanks.02br
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00Me: Mom, I had a French course this morning. Sam asked me to tell the class about my neighborhood. I was shaking in my shoes when I made my speech. (1)Sam said I did a good job. (2)Sam said I'v
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0Hi,02br
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00No, it sounds odd.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0What about?02br
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00He says I've done a good job.0-
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0Hi again,02br
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01font00What about? He says I've done a good job.02font00 Yes, that sounds fine. He says it 'in the present'.02br
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01font00With regard to this one -00 Sam said I've done a good job02font00 - I''d like to change my comment. It sounds OK, it's not od
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0Clive, 02br
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00Your comment is very precious. Thank you. 05002br
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