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Necrophagist Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Reported speech

I was walking down the road when all of a sudden a car hit me.

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He said he had been walking down the road when all of a sudden a car had hit him?

  

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Necrophagist He said he had been walking down the road when all of a sudden a car had hit him. Correct. CB

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  • Necrophagist He said he had been walking down the road when all of a sudden a car had hit him.
  • Correct.
  • CB
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NecrophagistHe said he had been walking down the road when all of a sudden a car had hit him.

Correct.

CB

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That's OK, but more natural English is

eg He said he was walking down the road when all of a sudden a car hit him.

The sequence of events is easily understood.

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