You told me by phone that this meeting was very important

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HelloIs the following sentence grammatically correct?"You told me by phone that this meeting was very important."Thanks

Clive · Accepted Answer

Yes, it is.

Fivejedjon · Answer

I'd use on the phone.

Anonymous · Answer

You told me on phone that this meeting was very important.

Is it possible to figure out the timing of the meeting in the above, i.e. that it is the past "was" or the present "is" backshifted to "was" in reported speech?

Fivejedjon · Answer

No.

AnonymousYou told me on the phone

Anonymous · Answer

fivejedjonNo.

Thanks for the reply and the correction.

You told me by phone that this meeting was very important

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