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LeGion12359 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The Reported Speech
In English, why tenses are back-shifted in the reported speech? Actually, I know that, but I am not getting it. It doesn't make sense when I apply it to my language. In our native language, we only back-shift the time word, place,and demonstrative,like tomorrow, yesterday, that, there, etc.
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It's just one of the facts of life of English. In some languages there is no change, in others the subjunctive mood is used, in others bot the subjunctive and backshifting ar necessary. There is little point is asking why this should be.
- It's just one of the facts of life of English.
- In some languages there is no change, in others the subjunctive mood is used, in others bot the subjunctive and backshifting ar necessary.
- There is little point is asking why this should be.
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It's just one of the facts of life of English. In some languages there is no change, in others the subjunctive mood is used, in others bot the subjunctive and backshifting ar necessary. There is little point is asking why this should be.
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