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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Today Tom said,
1) Today Tom said, "I was driving yesterday about this time." How can I rephrase #1 into reported speech?
2) Today Tom said that he had been driving the day before about that time.
#2 will work?
2) Today Tom said that he had been driving the day before about that time.
#2 will work?
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#2 will work? Yes. #2 will work, but since you're anchoring the time with "today" at the beginning, you don't need to shift all those time references.
- #2 will work?
- Yes.
- #2 will work, but since you're anchoring the time with "today" at the beginning, you don't need to shift all those time references.
- Note the difference: Today Tom said that he was driving yesterday about this time.
- That day Tom said that he had been driving the previous day about that time.
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Anonymous1) Today Tom said, "I was driving yesterday about this time." How can I rephrase #1 into reported speech?2) Today Tom said that he had been driving the day before about that time.#2 will work?Yes. #2 will work, but since you're anchoring the time with "today" at the beginning, you don't need to shift all those time references. Note the difference:
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