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Hanuman_2000 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

This-these

Hello,

Sometimes in the reported speech, we change ' this - that" and "these -those", but sometimes " this -the" and "these -the".

Could any one explain it, please?

Thanks.
  

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hanuman_2000 Sometimes in the reported speech, we change ' this - that" and "these -those", but sometimes " this -the" and "these -the". I don't think so. Have you an example?

— Mister Micawber

  • hanuman_2000 Sometimes in the reported speech, we change ' this - that" and "these -those", but sometimes " this -the" and "these -the".
  • I don't think so.
  • Have you an example?
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hanuman_2000Sometimes in the reported speech, we change ' this - that" and "these -those", but sometimes " this -the" and "these -the".
I don't think so. Have you an example?
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Hello,
Here are the examples!

"I brought you this book," she said. - She said she had brought me the book.
"We want these flowers," they said. - They said they wanted the flowers.

Thanks.
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I think I would have used 'that' and 'those' if I had been tasked with converting to reported speech.
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Hello,

1. "I will be there," he said.

1A) He said he would be here. --- Is this correct?

We change "here" into "there" in the reported speech.
If "there" is already mentioned, shall we convert it into "here" or leave it ?

Thanks
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I would probably leave it. As you can see, conversion to reported speech is a rather pointless exercise unless it is serving a specific communicative purpose (i.e. is used in a real situation).
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Hello, Hanuman_2000!

We could say either 'here' or 'there' while reporting, depending on the context or situation.

1) "I will be there," he said.

He said (that) he would be there. (If the person reporting is not at that place.)

He said (that) he would be here. (If the person reporting is at that place.)
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