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Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

ReWrite

Please help me rewrite the following sentences:

1) She advised him to lower the rent.
1.1) She said: "If I..." {I can guess they mean: If I was you I would lower the rent}

2)"I would go abroad this year if I had money"
2.1) He said.....{Is "He said he would have gone abroad that year if he had had money" correct ? (reported speech)}.

Thank you
  

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1. If I were you... 2.

— Nona the brit

  • 1.
  • If I were you...
  • 2.
  • He is talking about this year.
  • Your version has him talking about a past year.
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1. If I were you...

2. He is talking about this year. Your version has him talking about a past year.
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1) If I WERE you? Why "were" and not "was"? Doesn't "were\was" refer to "I"?

2) I don't understand. Shouldn't it be "that year"? You can't write "this" since you don't know when I am reporting - maybe I am reporting the year after. What is the correct version, if so?

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