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Eladio Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Reported Speech (Modal verbs and Passive voice)
Hello, everyone in EnglishForward. Here I am again with some doubts, now related to reported speech but when in direct speech were used modal verbs and passive voice. Could you help me, please? Tell me if the followings reported speeches are correctly stated by me:
Direct Speech: I said: “She could read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she could have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She should read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she should have read the paper everyday.
Reported Speech: I said that she should read the paper everyday. I think both ways are correct.
Direct Speech: I said: “She would read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she would have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She must read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she had to read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She might read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she might have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She may read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she may have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “The paper was read everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that the paper was read everyday. I think that if we use passive voice, we don’t have to change it in reported speech. Am I right?
And thank you in advance,
Eladio
Direct Speech: I said: “She could read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she could have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She should read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she should have read the paper everyday.
Reported Speech: I said that she should read the paper everyday. I think both ways are correct.
Direct Speech: I said: “She would read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she would have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She must read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she had to read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She might read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she might have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “She may read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she may have read the paper everyday.
Direct Speech: I said: “The paper was read everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that the paper was read everyday. I think that if we use passive voice, we don’t have to change it in reported speech. Am I right?
And thank you in advance,
Eladio
Top answer
Hello Eladio My try is as below. p" "can"/"could" to "was able to"/"had been able to" or "could"/"could" "may"/"might" to "might"/"might" "must"/.... to "had to"/....
- Hello Eladio My try is as below.
- p" "can"/"could" to "was able to"/"had been able to" or "could"/"could" "may"/"might" to "might"/"might" "must"/....
- to "had to"/....
- or "must"/....
- "should"/....
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Hello Eladio
My try is as below.
I don't think you need to do the change;"modal + inf.v" to "modal +past.p"
"can"/"could" to "was able to"/"had been able to" or "could"/"could"
"may"/"might" to "might"/"might"
"must"/.... to "had to"/.... or "must"/....
"should"/.... to "should"/....
"will"/"would" to "would"/"would"
My try is as below.
I don't think you need to do the change;"modal + inf.v" to "modal +past.p"
"can"/"could" to "was able to"/"had been able to" or "could"/"could"
"may"/"might" to "might"/"might"
"must"/.... to "had to"/.... or "must"/....
"should"/.... to "should"/....
"will"/"would" to "would"/"would"
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Hello, paco!
Thank you. So it seems to me that my problem with the reported speech still stays at level of the passive voice then.
I used to think that passive voice doesn’t change, but once you have changed it, my question is: Does exist any rule (rules) to change (as you did in your answer for modal verbs) each kind of passive voice in order to put them in correct reported speech? Fo
Thank you. So it seems to me that my problem with the reported speech still stays at level of the passive voice then.
I used to think that passive voice doesn’t change, but once you have changed it, my question is: Does exist any rule (rules) to change (as you did in your answer for modal verbs) each kind of passive voice in order to put them in correct reported speech? Fo
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Hello Eladio
I said that a letter was written to her.
I said that a letter had been written to her.
I said that a letter would be written to her.
I said that a letter was going to be written to her.
I said that a letter had to be written to her.
I said that a letter might be written to her.
I said that a letter should be written to her.
I said that a
I said that a letter was written to her.
I said that a letter had been written to her.
I said that a letter would be written to her.
I said that a letter was going to be written to her.
I said that a letter had to be written to her.
I said that a letter might be written to her.
I said that a letter should be written to her.
I said that a
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1. Direct Speech: I said: “She could read the paper everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that she could read the paper everyday.
2. Direct Speech: I said: “She should read the paper everyday”.
X Reported Speech: I said that she should have read the paper everyday. X
Reported Speech: I said that she should read the paper everyday.
I think both ways are correct.
Reported Speech: I said that she could read the paper everyday.
2. Direct Speech: I said: “She should read the paper everyday”.
X Reported Speech: I said that she should have read the paper everyday. X
Reported Speech: I said that she should read the paper everyday.
I think both ways are correct.
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7. Direct Speech: I said: “The paper was read everyday”.
Reported Speech: I said that the paper was read everyday.
I think that if we use passive voice, we don’t have to change it in reported speech. Am I right?
JTT: That's right.
True?
"Yesterday President Bush said that America was dominated by British soldiers."
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True?
"Yesterday President Bush said that America was dominated by British soldiers."
Huurm.. English is a quite *** language.
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Hi Paco,
Again, if you want to believe that the sequence of tenses "rule" describes how language actually works, then you're going to be severely disappointed. Of course, your offering using a backshift to
"Yesterday President Bush said that America was dominated by British soldiers."
Huurm.. English is a quite *** language.
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Hi Paco,
Again, if you want to believe that the sequence of tenses "rule" describes how language actually works, then you're going to be severely disappointed. Of course, your offering using a backshift to
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Thanks paco and just the truth, ever so much. So, I've concluded that passive voice doesn't change OR AT LEAST it's preferable not to change it in reported speech IF what we're reporting has no confusion or ambiguity (as in the case cited by paco: "the yesterday British invasion to America"). Am I right now?
Eladio
Eladio
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Hello Eladio
Noop! You are wrong. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, you have to shift th
So, I've concluded that passive voice doesn't change OR AT LEAST it's preferable not to change it in reported speech IF what we're reporting has no confusion or ambiguity (as in the case cited by paco: "the yesterday British invasion to America"). Am I right now?
Noop! You are wrong. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, you have to shift th
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Thank you again paco for your answer but now I'm all confused. Whom I should believe? Paco or JTT?
Could you paco, or JTT or anyone else from EnglishForum help me, please? My problem is only with passive.
Eladio
Could you paco, or JTT or anyone else from EnglishForum help me, please? My problem is only with passive.
Eladio
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