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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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two questions: hyphenation and reported speech
Hi,
1. Mr. M wrote this sentence as a response in a thread named "Please correct the sentence." Why no hyphen is needed for the phrase "call forwarding" as I can tell from his sentence?One reason I can think of is that they are so often used in pairs, to use them separately would be very unusual.
Please send some call forwarding scenarios and call samples
2, I got this sentence from Google Book search and wonder why no back-shift in necessary (as it is done here).My assumption is that "she is a fool" is good as long as it still applies to her and "should go back" is OK since I think the modal "should" can accommodate both the present and past time frames; and "it is a free country" is OK if it still applies to the country, but "she can go where she pleases" with the modal "can"?
He told her she is a fool and should go back, but she said it is a free country and she can go where she pleases.
Why not?
He told her she is a fool and should go back, but she said it is a free country and she could go where she pleases.
One mroe question: Can the wrord "where" be "whereever"?
1. Mr. M wrote this sentence as a response in a thread named "Please correct the sentence." Why no hyphen is needed for the phrase "call forwarding" as I can tell from his sentence?One reason I can think of is that they are so often used in pairs, to use them separately would be very unusual.
Please send some call forwarding scenarios and call samples
2, I got this sentence from Google Book search and wonder why no back-shift in necessary (as it is done here).My assumption is that "she is a fool" is good as long as it still applies to her and "should go back" is OK since I think the modal "should" can accommodate both the present and past time frames; and "it is a free country" is OK if it still applies to the country, but "she can go where she pleases" with the modal "can"?
He told her she is a fool and should go back, but she said it is a free country and she can go where she pleases.
Why not?
He told her she is a fool and should go back, but she said it is a free country and she could go where she pleases.
One mroe question: Can the wrord "where" be "whereever"?
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Hi, I would like to have some responses if possible . Thank you.
- Hi, I would like to have some responses if possible .
- Thank you.
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