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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Reported speech

[Direct speech]_Last week, she said : "The conference was held a month ago"
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[Indirect speech]_She said that the conference had been held 5 weeks before.
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Anonymous Last week, she said : "The conference was held a month ago" Last week she said that the conference had been held a month before. You are not expected to do the math just to report direct speech. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Last week, she said : "The conference was held a month ago" Last week she said that the conference had been held a month before.
  • You are not expected to do the math just to report direct speech.
  • CJ
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AnonymousLast week, she said : "The conference was held a month ago"
Last week she said that the conference had been held a month before.

You are not expected to do the math just to report direct speech.

CJ
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