Caeser Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
please help in this
One of the worthy members helped me out to change the following Indirect sentence
Carol claimed that Mary said that Sally was not herself when she called David a toad.
Into a direct one like
Carol claimed that Mary said, "Sally was not herself when she called David a toad”.
My teacher has hinted that this sentence should be looked at from the perspective of two direct narrations with change in tense involved; like,
Carol claimed, "Mary says,'Sally is not herself when she calls David a toad".
Can you help me in this perspective?
Carol claimed that Mary said that Sally was not herself when she called David a toad.
Into a direct one like
Carol claimed that Mary said, "Sally was not herself when she called David a toad”.
My teacher has hinted that this sentence should be looked at from the perspective of two direct narrations with change in tense involved; like,
Carol claimed, "Mary says,'Sally is not herself when she calls David a toad".
Can you help me in this perspective?
Top answer
) Verb tense change is-- Mary 'said' (past) and 'Sally is/calls' (present). '"
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Hi Caesar,
Given the hint from your teacher, try this:
Carol claimed, "Mary said, 'Sally is not herself when she calls David a toad.'" (Note quotation marks at the end.)
Verb tense change is-- Mary 'said' (past) and 'Sally is/calls' (present).
Or, maybe--
Given the hint from your teacher, try this:
Carol claimed, "Mary said, 'Sally is not herself when she calls David a toad.'" (Note quotation marks at the end.)
Verb tense change is-- Mary 'said' (past) and 'Sally is/calls' (present).
Or, maybe--
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