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	Magda  #267088  Thu, 14 Sep 06 06:25 PM Hi, what is done with "it" in reported speech? Do you keep it or change into anything? "I like it," she said. She said that she liked it. Thank you    Magda Joined on Sat, Sep 9 2006 Full Member (445)

	Marius Hancu  #267095  Thu, 14 Sep 06 06:31 PM Yes, keep it.    Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Montreal, Canada Veteran Member (11,673)

	Magda  #267097  Thu, 14 Sep 06 06:34 PM Thank you. Would it be possible to change "it" into "that" by any chance?    Magda

	Marius Hancu  #267101  Thu, 14 Sep 06 06:38 PM IMO, it is sufficiently remote to work well in the past too. However, you could change it into that/that thing, if you feel more remoteness/distance (brought on by the past) is necessary.    Marius Hancu

	Magda  #267105  Thu, 14 Sep 06 06:43 PM Thank you Marcus for your reply    Magda

	milky  #267133  Thu, 14 Sep 06 07:46 PM As long as your listener knows what the "it" is/was, keep it.    milky Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004 Senior Member (3,149) Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".

	Magda  #267148  Thu, 14 Sep 06 08:31 PM OK. Thank you for your suggestion. Best Magda    Magda