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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

say/tell

What is the correct use for this sentence?

I saw another person and told him I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person.

I saw another person and said to him 'I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person.'
  

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Hi, What is the correct use (I think you mean 'form' or 'structure', or 'way to write') for this sentence? I saw another person and told him I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person. ' There's nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence.

— Clive

  • Hi, What is the correct use (I think you mean 'form' or 'structure', or 'way to write') for this sentence?
  • I saw another person and told him I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person.
  • ' There's nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence.
  • However, if it is intended to be the direct speech relating to #1 above, the direct tenses are wrong.
  • ' Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

What is the correct use (I think you mean 'form' or 'structure', or 'way to write') for this sentence?

I saw another person and told him I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person. OK

I saw another person and said to him 'I did not think I had ever met a more interesting p
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As Clive says, and...

I saw another person and said that I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person.
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