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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

"He asked me if I want to go to school."
"He asked if I wanted to go to school."
  

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" First one is not the correct form of reporting when rules of reporting are strictly applied: Want needs to be in past tense as it is in the following sentence.

— Vsuresh

  • " First one is not the correct form of reporting when rules of reporting are strictly applied: Want needs to be in past tense as it is in the following sentence.
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Anonymous"He asked me if I want to go to school.""He asked if I wanted to go to school."
First one is not the correct form of reporting when rules of reporting are strictly applied: Want needs to be in past tense as it is in the following sentence.
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Anonymous"He asked me if I want to go to school."
There is the possibility that the speaker may still want to go to school.
Anonymous"He asked if I wanted to go to school."
The speaker is noting a question about what he wanted at a past time.
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vsureshWant needs to be in past tense as it is in the following sentence.
Not necessarily. See my last post.
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fivejedjonNot necessarily.
I understand. Thank you,fivejedjon.
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