Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Please help to identify the correct answer.
Question: Tom asked Mary,"Did you water the plants that were on the windowsill while I was in Japan?"
First Answer: Tom asked Mary if she had watered the plants that had been on the windowsill while he was in Japan.
Second Answer:Tom asked Mary if she had waterd the plants that had been on the windowsill while he had been in Japan.
Which is correct, the first answer or the second answer?
Question: Tom asked Mary,"Did you water the plants that were on the windowsill while I was in Japan?"
First Answer: Tom asked Mary if she had watered the plants that had been on the windowsill while he was in Japan.
Second Answer:Tom asked Mary if she had waterd the plants that had been on the windowsill while he had been in Japan.
Which is correct, the first answer or the second answer?
Top answer
Reported speech should report as accurately as possible that which was said. I think answer number one is the correct answer. Was = was.
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Reported speech should report as accurately as possible that which was said.
I think answer number one is the correct answer.
Was = was.
Regards,
John
I think answer number one is the correct answer.
Was = was.
Regards,
John
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