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Bartłomiej T Posted 12 years ago
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reported speech
Please help me with transfer following sentence into a citation:
Polish PM Donald Tusk has said a snap election may be called in weeks if a row sparked by a secret recording of top officials is not contained. - bbc source
Would it be:?
PM has said:"A snap election will may be called in weeks if a row sparked by a secret recording of top officials will be not contained"
BTW a "row sparked" meaning please.
Polish PM Donald Tusk has said a snap election may be called in weeks if a row sparked by a secret recording of top officials is not contained. - bbc source
Would it be:?
PM has said:"A snap election will may be called in weeks if a row sparked by a secret recording of top officials will be not contained"
BTW a "row sparked" meaning please.
Top answer
The Polish PM Donald Tusk said "A snap election may be called in weeks if a row sparked by a secret recording of top officials is not contained". It is highly unlikely that these were his actual words. He is more likely to have said something like, "We may have to call a snap election within the next few weeks if this situation is not resolved".
- The Polish PM Donald Tusk said "A snap election may be called in weeks if a row sparked by a secret recording of top officials is not contained".
- It is highly unlikely that these were his actual words.
- He is more likely to have said something like, "We may have to call a snap election within the next few weeks if this situation is not resolved".
- a row sparked = a crisis which was started
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The Polish PM Donald Tusk said "A snap election may be called in weeks if a row sparked by a secret recording of top officials is not contained".
It is highly unlikely that these were his actual words. He is more likely to have said something like, "We may have to call a snap election within the next few weeks if this situation is not resolved".
a row sparked = a crisis
It is highly unlikely that these were his actual words. He is more likely to have said something like, "We may have to call a snap election within the next few weeks if this situation is not resolved".
a row sparked = a crisis
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