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Rotter Posted 20 years ago
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Resumed or will resume
Security at all UK airports has been tightened and flights cancelled, resulting in long delays and fears that the problems will hurt businesses.
The FTSE 100 fell more than 1% with shares in British Airways down 5%.
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
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I think it would be better to write the last sentence of the above as follows:
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services will resume.
This is some prediction. So the words 'will resume' is correct.
Your comments, please.
The FTSE 100 fell more than 1% with shares in British Airways down 5%.
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
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I think it would be better to write the last sentence of the above as follows:
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services will resume.
This is some prediction. So the words 'will resume' is correct.
Your comments, please.
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Rotter Security at all UK airports has been tightened and flights cancelled, resulting in long delays and fears that the problems will hurt businesses. The FTSE 100 fell more than 1% with shares in British Airways down 5%. Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
- Rotter Security at all UK airports has been tightened and flights cancelled, resulting in long delays and fears that the problems will hurt businesses.
- The FTSE 100 fell more than 1% with shares in British Airways down 5%.
- Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I think it would be better to write the last sentence of the above as follows: Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services will resume.
- This is some prediction.
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RotterSecurity at all UK airports has been tightened and flights cancelled, resulting in long delays and fears that the problems will hurt businesses.
The FTSE 100 fell more than 1% with shares in British Airways down 5%.
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
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Rotter
Security at all UK airports has been tightened and flights cancelled, resulting in long delays and fears that the problems will hurt businesses.
The FTSE 100 fell more than 1% with shares in British Airways down 5%.
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
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Hi,
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
The analysts said, in direct speech, 'The costs to business and companies will depend on how quickly normal services resume.'
Let me ask you, please, how you would report this if the analysts spoke 30 years ago.
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Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
The analysts said, in direct speech, 'The costs to business and companies will depend on how quickly normal services resume.'
Let me ask you, please, how you would report this if the analysts spoke 30 years ago.
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Hi Clive,
I took it that the question was directed to my last post. Well, this is what I would say. If this was reported 30 years ago, this statement would still be a direct reporting in my view. As I said, I could be wrong. There is no insistence on my part being right. I realized I tend to elaborate more than I should and thus expose myself. But that’s ok, I am learning as well. If we k
I took it that the question was directed to my last post. Well, this is what I would say. If this was reported 30 years ago, this statement would still be a direct reporting in my view. As I said, I could be wrong. There is no insistence on my part being right. I realized I tend to elaborate more than I should and thus expose myself. But that’s ok, I am learning as well. If we k
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Hi again,
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
I was trying to address the tense. 'Resumed' is OK to report 'resume' from direct speech. Of course, you could also say 'would resume' to report 'will resume' from direct speech.
With regard to the word 'resume', it's OK
Analysts said that the costs to business and companies would depend on how quickly normal services resumed.
I was trying to address the tense. 'Resumed' is OK to report 'resume' from direct speech. Of course, you could also say 'would resume' to report 'will resume' from direct speech.
With regard to the word 'resume', it's OK
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