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Is reported speech reasonable in this example? [closed]
What is the right word to the gap (21)? (had/have)
That is about 400 years earlier than when the Inca Indians were
thought to (21) __ discovered the silver in the ground.
I think it's had as ...
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Isn't this against tense agreement?
When I got home yesterday, John called and said he will arrive next
week. (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia says the sentence above is possible. Does it not break the tense agreement when there’s no ...
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Tense agreement in reported speech
Jack didn't tell me that he __ my chocolate.
eats
ate
had eaten
has eaten
I have a hard time figuring out which one to choose and why.
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Questions in indirect speech and verb tense change
Today I had another English lesson and all students were instructed by teacher to ask each other few predefined questions and then to report them. I got the following questions:
"What kind of ...
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Reported/Indirect speech of “Words fail me.”
For all grammar gods,
I have a question regarding the appropriate way to use indirect speech to report someone saying, "words fail me."
Normally, I would say: "He said that words failed him."
This ...
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Reported Speech “Will” vs “Would”
I recently got confused with the following choices while talking to a friend after class:
I sent her an email that I wouldn't come to the class.
I sent her an email that I wouldn't be coming ...
