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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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the verb "tell"
0 Can we use the verb "tell" in direct speech? 02 br
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00 he was told, "Go to bed immediately." 02 br
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0 Hi! 02 br
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00 I can't see any problem in your sentence; as far as I know the verb 'to tell' has to be used, instead of 'to say', when we want to mention the 'hearer' (the person spoken to), in direct or reported speeches indifferently; in this case the hearer is 'he' because it's a passive sentence. 02 br
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00 Maybe a native speaker could be more enligh
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00 I can't see any problem in your sentence; as far as I know the verb 'to tell' has to be used, instead of 'to say', when we want to mention the 'hearer' (the person spoken to), in direct or reported speeches indifferently; in this case the hearer is 'he' because it's a passive sentence. 02 br
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00 Maybe a native speaker could be more enligh
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01 cite 10 Francesca 12 cite 10 Hi! 12 br
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10 I can't see any problem in your sentence; as far as I know the verb 'to tell' has to be used, instead of 'to say', when we want to mention the 'hearer' (the person spoken to), in direct or reported speeches indifferently; in this case the hearer is 'he' because it's a passive s
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