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Necrophagist Posted 8 years ago
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Reported speech
I think I passed that exam a long time ago.
1) He said he thought he'd passed that exam a long time before. (standard)
1) He said he thought he'd passed that exam a long time ago. (reported shortly after it was uttered, say, 2,3 hours)
Am I getting this right?
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Necrophagist 1) He said he thought he'd passed that exam a long time before. (standard) OK. Necrophagist a long time ago.
- Necrophagist 1) He said he thought he'd passed that exam a long time before.
- (standard) OK.
- Necrophagist a long time ago.
- (reported shortly after it was uttered, say, 2,3 hours) 'Ago' has nothing to do with the length of time since utterance.
- 'Ago' means 'before now', that is all.
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Necrophagist1) He said he thought he'd passed that exam a long time before. (standard)
OK.
Necrophagist a long time ago. (reported shortly after it was uttered, say, 2,3 hours)
'Ago' has nothing to do with the length of time since utterance. 'Ago' means 'before now', that is all.
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