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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
reported speech?
Hi,
I don't understand why it has to be in present tense for the subordinate clause in the reported speech content. I saw this from YAHOO NEWS today. The title of the article is "US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack," and it is by JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer.
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.
Why the subordinate clause that starts with "that Afghanistan says" is in present tense? Having new evidence is a currently still-binding? truth and understand it can be in present tense but what follows it in a subordinate clause form in present tense??
I don't understand why it has to be in present tense for the subordinate clause in the reported speech content. I saw this from YAHOO NEWS today. The title of the article is "US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack," and it is by JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer.
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.
Why the subordinate clause that starts with "that Afghanistan says" is in present tense? Having new evidence is a currently still-binding? truth and understand it can be in present tense but what follows it in a subordinate clause form in present tense??
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This is sometimes called the narrative or historic present. It is common in newspapers, as it serves to make the news more immediate for the reader.
- This is sometimes called the narrative or historic present.
- It is common in newspapers, as it serves to make the news more immediate for the reader.
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This is sometimes called the narrative or historic present. It is common in newspapers, as it serves to make the news more immediate for the reader.
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This is sometimes called the narrative or historic present. It is common in newspapers, as it serves to make the news more immediate for the reader.
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Thank you.
Is it common to use the so called "the narrative present" with the word "said" that seem to represent reported speech?
Can a person report like this in newspaper or other media or scholarstic situations?
Jon said that he has new evidence on an attack perpetrated by his neighbor that he says caused injury to is dog and he is hiring a team of vets to further
Is it common to use the so called "the narrative present" with the word "said" that seem to represent reported speech?
Can a person report like this in newspaper or other media or scholarstic situations?
Jon said that he has new evidence on an attack perpetrated by his neighbor that he says caused injury to is dog and he is hiring a team of vets to further
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Yes, it is common, primarily in popular periodicals and modern fiction. I doubt it is much used in scholarly writing.
Yes, it is common, primarily in popular periodicals and modern fiction. I doubt it is much used in scholarly writing.
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Thank you. If this happens to be a piece for scholarly writing, would you back-shift these one?
Jon said that hehas had new evidence on an attack perpetrated by his neighbor that he says said had caused injury to is dog and he is was hiring (was going to - OK?) a team of vets to further examine the injury to the dog and file
Jon said that he
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