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Grammar and Linguistics > MODALS OF DEDUCTION DON ´t CHANGE IN REPORTED SPEECH, do they? ))) OH PLEASE!
MODALS OF DEDUCTION DON ´t CHANGE IN REPORTED SPEECH, do they? ))) OH PLEASE!
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Tatyana83
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MODALS OF DEDUCTION DON ´t CHANGE IN REPORTED SPEECH, do they? ))) OH PLEASE!
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Dear Teachers! heeelp
Please remind me! The Modals od Deduction and Speculation don �t change IN REPORTED SPEECH , do they?
For Example:
Somebody �s calling . I �m sure, it must be my mother.
She said that it must be her mother.
Somebody called you yesterday. It might/may/must /can/could have been you mother.
She said that it might/may/must /can/could have been her mother.
=) waiting for you reply!
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30 Dec 2010
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suhakhader
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Hi,
As I know that modals changed into "had" so if the sentence like this:
Somebody �s calling . I �m sure, it must be my mother.
When reported, I think we change it into this:
She said, it had been her mother.
Hope I added something helpful.
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Yours
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30 Dec 2010
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kmochniak
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If you have "She said: It must have been my mother" you change it into : "She said it must have been her mother". If you have "She said: It must be my mother" change it into : "She said it must have been her mother".
I �m sure it is so but check it in a grammar reference.
Love from cold Poland:)
Kasia |
30 Dec 2010
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