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feii
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plz help
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One more question guys..
which of the following is correct?
He said that the fire had done a lot of damage to the building. a. "The fire had done a lot of damage to the building." b. "The fire has done a lot of damage to the building"
She told us that the new furniture has been deleivered the day before. a. "The new furniture had been deliovered yesterday." b. "The new furniture was dleivered yesterday."
Thanks heaps guys.. Have a ncie day / night.. |
20 Jul 2012
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Apodo
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b. "The fire has done a lot of damage to the building" She told us that the new furniture had been delivered the day before. The new furniture was delivered the day before. or She told us that the new furniture had been delivered yesterday. "The new furniture was delivered yesterday." We cannot assume that the day before will be yesterday. It may have been the day before the refrigerator was delivered, or the day before they moved in, not necessarily the day before today. If we mean yesterday, we usually say yesterday. |
20 Jul 2012
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Zora
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Actually, for the first one both options are correct. I �d say that they are looking for �b � as an answer but because there is no past form of the past perfect; and in Reported Speech the original verb takes a step back in the past, here the original verb would stay the same as in the transformed sentence.
And the �She told us that the new furniture has been deleivered the day before � is just wrong. The Present Perfect never goes with an indicator of a past event, which in the case is �the day before �.
The answer would be �a � though.
Also, Apodo, I know what you mean and agree, but �the day before � is taught as the correct transformation of �yesterday � in RS sentences.
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20 Jul 2012
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yanogator
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I agree with Linda. Bruce |
20 Jul 2012
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