Where the subway station [is/was]
I have made up the example below.
(ex) John said to me, "I got lost yesterday after shopping in the new mall. I had to call my uncle to drive me home?"
(1) I said to him, "ABC Station is near where you were. You could take the subway home."
(2) I said to him, "ABC Station was near where you were. You could take the subway home."
Most of my non-native English speaking friends think the present tense "is" is correct because it's still there. My other friends think "was" is correct because it's consistent with the tense used in the example.
What is your opinion? Thank you very much.
Top answer
This is a direct quotation. You must write the words which were said exactly as they were said. No one would direct someone else by telling them where the station was at some time in the past.
- This is a direct quotation.
- You must write the words which were said exactly as they were said.
- No one would direct someone else by telling them where the station was at some time in the past.
- You must have used the word "is" when you spoke to him.
- This is not the same pattern as in your other recent post.
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This is a direct quotation. You must write the words which were said exactly as they were said.
No one would direct someone else by telling them where the station was at some time in the past. You must have used the word "is" when you spoke to him.
This is not the same pattern as in your other recent post. In that post you were reporting in your own words what was said. You wer
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