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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

said/told

I want to learn the difference between said & told.Please help.
  

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Hi, A very basic explanation is that you tell information but you say words . eg Mary told Tom her name. Tom said, 'I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said.

— Clive

  • Hi, A very basic explanation is that you tell information but you say words .
  • eg Mary told Tom her name.
  • Tom said, 'I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said.
  • Please say it again'.
  • It can get more difficult than this, and there are plenty of contexts where it's not so clear, but that's the basic concept.
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Hi,

A very basic explanation is that you tell information but you say words. eg

Mary told Tom her name.


Tom said, 'I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said. Please say it again'.

It can get more difficult than this, and there are plenty of
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Hi,

I appreciated your feedback.My problem is when to use said and told. I don't know when to use said,said to, told,told to.

(e-g) I said.../I said to../I told.../I told ..to

Thank you.
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Hi,

Well, let's first concentrate on 'said' and 'told'. I tried to explain when you should use each of these. Why don't you write and post a few sentences using these. The we can go on to 'said to / told to' after that. OK?

Clive
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