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Omar Ahmed Posted 7 years ago
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Was wishing or had been wishing?
He told me that he ..............wishing to drive a car at that moment.
a) was b) had been
I go for 'a'. Am I right?
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It is not a natural sentence to begin with, which makes the question harder to answer. My guess is that they expect you to backshift the reported speech, so the expected answer is (b).
- It is not a natural sentence to begin with, which makes the question harder to answer.
- My guess is that they expect you to backshift the reported speech, so the expected answer is (b).
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It is not a natural sentence to begin with, which makes the question harder to answer. My guess is that they expect you to backshift the reported speech, so the expected answer is (b).
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