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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Hi! How would you report the following sentence: "All we sell is a tap of water with some lemon." Thanks!
  

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Anonymous All we sell is a tap of water tap water with some lemon. You just said that all you sell is tap water with some lemon. (immediate report) _________ Next week I'll say Last week you said that all you sold was tap water with some lemon.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous All we sell is a tap of water tap water with some lemon.
  • You just said that all you sell is tap water with some lemon.
  • (immediate report) _________ Next week I'll say Last week you said that all you sold was tap water with some lemon.
  • (later report) Most textbook exercises expect the later report as your answer.
  • CJ
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AnonymousAll we sell is a tap of water tap water with some lemon.
You just said that all you sell is tap water with some lemon. (immediate report)
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Next week I'll say

Last week you said that all you sold was tap water with some lemon. (later report)

Mos
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But if person A said it, and you are reporting it to person B, say 'they' instead of 'you'.
eg Last week they said that all they sold was tap water with some lemon.

Clive
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