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Nkspb Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The sequence of tenses with adverbial clauses of time

Hello everybody! Could you please help me:

She said: "After you've finished the work, you may go home"

Is it correct to say in reported speech then:

"She said that after I had finished the work I might go home"

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Thanks.
  

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nkspb She said that after I had finished the work I might go home . Correct. CB

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  • nkspb She said that after I had finished the work I might go home .
  • Correct.
  • CB
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nkspbShe said that after I had finished the work I might go home.
Correct.

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nkspb"She said that after I had finished the work I might go home"
Although that is technically correct, I think could is far more likely to be used than might in that sentence.
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