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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
She said that she would/should marry him.(Which one should I use?)
original: She said, "I shall marry Tom."
reported speech:1. She said that she shall marry Tom.
2. She said that she should marry Tom.
3. She said that she would marry Tom.
May I ask among those 3 sentences, which of them is the correct one? Please give me your opinion, thank you very much for your reply!
reported speech:1. She said that she shall marry Tom.
2. She said that she should marry Tom.
3. She said that she would marry Tom.
May I ask among those 3 sentences, which of them is the correct one? Please give me your opinion, thank you very much for your reply!
Top answer
Hi Viceidol, For reported / indirect speech, we convert the present tense to the past tense as shown below: will, would can, could must, had to shall, should may, might Therefore, #2 is correct.
- Hi Viceidol, For reported / indirect speech, we convert the present tense to the past tense as shown below: will, would can, could must, had to shall, should may, might Therefore, #2 is correct.
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Hi Viceidol,
For reported / indirect speech, we convert the present tense to the past tense as shown below:
will, would
can, could
must, had to
shall, should
may, might
Therefore, #2 is correct.
For reported / indirect speech, we convert the present tense to the past tense as shown below:
will, would
can, could
must, had to
shall, should
may, might
Therefore, #2 is correct.
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Within the context of the sentence, #1 and #3 are acceptable statements that she is going to marry him.
She said she should would imply some doubts.
She said she should would imply some doubts.
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This is a tricky question because first person shall = third person will. I would first translate "I shall" to "she will" - then you do the tense backshift thing - she would.
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