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Message board > DIFFERENCE BTWN SAY & TELL
DIFFERENCE BTWN SAY & TELL
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Mar0919
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DIFFERENCE BTWN SAY & TELL
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Hi, everyone! Can somebody plz explain the difference btwn say & tell?
As I learned it:
Say : when someone expresses something
(Mary SAID she was tired.)
Tell: when someone expresses something TO someone else.
(Mary TOLD me she was tired.)
Is this correct?
Thanks in advance!
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1 Feb 2011
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Errie
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You are correct.
Here �s another way of saying it.
Mary TOLD me she was tired/Mary TOLD me that she was tired
Mary said to me that she was tired so she couldn �t come to the party last night.
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1 Feb 2011
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douglas
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Yes, tell needs a direct object, say doesn �t. |
1 Feb 2011
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blunderbuster
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"Tell" is normally followed by the listener ;o) That is how I explain it. "Say" is normally followed by what is being said, if floowed by the listener, there is a "to" between "tell" and the listener.
Write "tell +" and draw an ear next to it, write "say +" and draw a speech bubble, that explains it.
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1 Feb 2011
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Mar0919
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Thank you so much, everyone, for your responses. Blunderbuster, great idea! Thanks!
Hugs! |
1 Feb 2011
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