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Zoro69 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
What do we call this type of expression?
•He said to me 'I love you'
rather than He said to me he loves me.
•He told me he loves me
But I think it would be incorrect to say He told me 'I love you'
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He told me "I love you". This is fine. Note that it doesn't tell us whether he still loves her in the present.
- He told me "I love you".
- This is fine.
- Note that it doesn't tell us whether he still loves her in the present.
- Indirect speech is He told me that he loved me.
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He told me "I love you".
This is fine. Note that it doesn't tell us whether he still loves her in the present.
Indirect speech is He told me that he loved me.
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