Reported speech with "these last few months"
I've been feeling awful these last few months.
Five hours later:
You: He said he'd been feeling awful these last few months (?)
I want to backshift but I don't know what to do with "these last few months". Can it stay as it is even in the reported sentence? I was told it couldn't.
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I've been feeling awful these last few months. Five hours later: You: He said he'd been feeling awful these last few months. OK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been feeling awful these last few months.
- I've been feeling awful these last few months.
- Five hours later: You: He said he'd been feeling awful these last few months.
- OK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been feeling awful these last few months.
- Five years later: You: He said he'd been feeling awful those last few months.
- OK
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I've been feeling awful these last few months.
Five hours later:
You: He said he'd been feeling awful these last few months. OK
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I've been feeling awful these last few months.
Five years later:
You: He said he'd been feeling awful those last few months.
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