Anonymous  +  249296 Thu, 27 Jul 06 03:39 AM What is the correct use for this sentence? I saw another person and  told him  I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person. I saw another person and said to him 'I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person.' Anonymous

	Clive  +  249319 Thu, 27 Jul 06 05:33 AM Hi, What is the correct use (I think you mean 'form' or 'structure', or 'way to write') for this sentence? I saw another person and  told him  I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person. OK I saw another person and said to him 'I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person.' There's nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence. However, if it is intended to be the direct speech relating to #1 above, the direct tenses are wrong. It should be I saw another person and said to him 'I do not think I have ever met a more interesting person.' Best wishes, Clive   Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,676 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Tenses, Direct Speech

	milky  +  249353 Thu, 27 Jul 06 08:50 AM As Clive says, and... I saw another person and said that I did not think I had ever met a more interesting person. 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".