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Clive

#548264 Tue, 29 Jul 08 06:19 PM

Hi,
What part of it are you unclear about?
Clive

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Anonymous

#548265 Tue, 29 Jul 08 06:22 PM

Yeah..Mr. New2Grammar..it was me

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Grammar, Direct speech, Indirect speech

Anonymous

#548267 Tue, 29 Jul 08 06:26 PM

Hi, Mr. Clive

As the sentence is about a single person(You need a holiday; you haven't had one for such a long time)

but as u said in the second part of the answer(because they hadn't had one for such a long time)

i feel it should be "because he hadn't had one for such a long time"

am i rite?

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Direct speech, Indirect speech

mkkhan

#548291 Tue, 29 Jul 08 08:05 PM

janet might have cleaned the windows last day.

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Direct speech, Indirect speech

Clive

#548321 Tue, 29 Jul 08 10:27 PM

Hi,
As the sentence is about a single person(You need a holiday; you haven't had one for such a long time)

but as u said in the second part of the answer(because they hadn't had one for such a long time)

i feel it should be "because he hadn't had one for such a long time"
We don't know whether 'you' refers to a male or a female.
In such a case, you can say "because he hadn't had one . . ' or 'because he or she hadn't had one . . .'.
But it's very common in everyday speech to use the pronoun 'they'. eg
A: Someone phoned while you were out.
B: Oh, what did they want?

Clive

Clive