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Joseph A Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Reported Speech

Hello everyone,

Could you please tell me if the both versions of the reported speech below are correct?

Lena told Jim, "You have to do the homework".

A. Lena told Jim that he had to do the homework.

B. Lena told Jim to do the homework.

I think both are correct.

  

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Joseph A Could you please tell me if the both versions of the reported speech below are correct? Yes, they are correct. The first one is the more precise way to do reported speech, but the second also gets the point across.

  • Joseph A Could you please tell me if the both versions of the reported speech below are correct?
  • Yes, they are correct.
  • The first one is the more precise way to do reported speech, but the second also gets the point across.
  • CJ
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Joseph ACould you please tell me if the both versions of the reported speech below are correct?

Yes, they are correct.

The first one is the more precise way to do reported speech, but the second also gets the point across.

CJ

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