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Grammar and Linguistics > Which is right?
Which is right?
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melinaki
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Which is right?
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Dear colleagues, which of the following two options would you say is correct? Do you think both can be accepted?
"I �ve got a car"
1) She said she had got a car.
2) She said she had a car.
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14 Mar 2010
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libertybelle
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1. She said she had got a car sounds like she either bought or borrowed a car.
2. She said she had a car sounds like she has one already.
L
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14 Mar 2010
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banska bystrica
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If you want to hold the meaning of the sentence "I have got a car" in reported speech, you should say "She said she had a car", because we use "have got" only in present simple verb form.
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14 Mar 2010
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Redbull
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The meanings of the two short sentences as follows:
number one: She said she has a car Meaning she has a car now. (Present)
number two: She said she had a car Meaning she did have a car. (Past) REDBULL GIVES YOU WINGS YOU KNOW  |
14 Mar 2010
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magneto
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I � ll have to agree with Libertybelle and, consequently, with banska bystrica. If you want to keep the meaning of the sentence, choose answer (2). Cheers!
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14 Mar 2010
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ohermann
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Hey redbull, are you sure about the correctness of your second explanation?  |
14 Mar 2010
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Bruna Dutra
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If it was correct and the reported speech was about the woman not having a car anymore, it would be:
WOMAN: I had a car (but not anymore)
REPORTED: She said she had had a car.
In the sentence "She said she had a car", in correct grammar means she said she has one, in Direct Speech.
Banska explanation of HAVE GOT only having a present form is correct.
The right option would be n� 2, in my opinion.
Bruna.
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14 Mar 2010
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theblues
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I agree with Banska and Liberty � answer.
I don �t think Redbull �s examples and explanation are 100% correct. In reported speech, it should be:
1. She always says "I have a car" => She always says she HAS a car (the first verb is in present simple form so the second verb remains its tense in direct speech)
2. She said "I have a car" => She said she HAD a car (the first verb is now in past simple form).
Jess.
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14 Mar 2010
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