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Need help with reported speech.
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eng789
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Need help with reported speech.
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How would you change this to REPORTED/INDIRECT SPEECH?
Harriet remarked,"There �s an interesting exhibition at the local museum next week."
Harriet remarked that there is/was an interesting exhibition at the museum the followng week.
I know that according to the rules it should be was but it doesn �t sound right to me because it is talking about an event in the FUTURE.
Thanks for your help.
Have a super weekend.
 Barbara |
17 May 2013
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anaram
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If there is no further
information to suggest that the exhibition is still on and it is still the
same week, I would stick to general rules:
Harriet remarked that there was an interesting exhibition at the
museum the following week.
There would be an interesting exhibition would stress the idea that the exhibition would take
place after the time of the speech, but I don�t think you need that.
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17 May 2013
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alex1968
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It depends on the time when it was reported.
If you reported it directly, then you don �t change the tenses.
Harriet: "There �s an interesting exhibition at the museum next week."
Sarah to Anne: "What did she say? What did she say?"
Anne to Sarah: She said (that) the is an interesting exhibition at the museum next week.
But if we don �t know when the remark took place...and we presume that it �s way back, then you �d change all the tenses etc. (especially in exams!)
Harriet remarked that there was an interesting exhibition at the museum the follow week.
So, it all depends on the context
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17 May 2013
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eng789
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Thank you both. Barbara  |
18 May 2013
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