Reported speech (suggestion)
Hello,
Please have a look at the following sentences:
1) My mother suggested that we go to the cinema.
2) My mother suggested going to the cinema.
3) My mother suggested that we should go to the cinema.
4) My mother suggested our going to the cinema.
I'd like to know whther they are all equally correct and interchangeable in all cases. Do some sentences imply that my mother is included in the suggestion (that she is coming to the cinema with us), and others that she isn't (that she's staying at home)? That is to say, would they all be valid if the original sentence is "Let's go to the cinema" or "Go to the cinema"?
Thanks!
Top answer
Colombo 4) My mother suggested our going to the cinema. This is a stilted way of saying the same thing. 1, 2 and 3 mean the same as 4 but, would be much more natural when speaking informally.
- Colombo 4) My mother suggested our going to the cinema.
- This is a stilted way of saying the same thing.
- 1, 2 and 3 mean the same as 4 but, would be much more natural when speaking informally.
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Colombo4) My mother suggested our going to the cinema.
This is a stilted way of saying the same thing. 1, 2 and 3 mean the same as 4 but, would be much more natural when speaking informally.
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None of these tell us whether Mother is included. Usually, the context makes that clear.
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