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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Reported speech - time change

How do you change yesterday to the day before? Or why would you do that rather?
For example in this case:
She said: 'I saw your brother yesterday.'
(And on the same day, I'm reporting this to my mum):
She said she had seen my brother yesterday/ the day before...
  

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Anonymous (And on the same day, I'm reporting this to my mum): She said she had seen my brother yesterday.

  • Anonymous (And on the same day, I'm reporting this to my mum): She said she had seen my brother yesterday.
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Anonymous(And on the same day, I'm reporting this to my mum):
She said she had seen my brother yesterday.
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If the words are reported the day after she saw your brother:

She said she saw my brother yesterday.
She said she had seen my brother yesterday,

If the words are reported the day after that:

She said she saw/had seen my broher the day before yesterday.
She said she saw/had seen my brother two days ago.

If the words are reporte

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