Icadia, I understood the focus of your question; therefore, I mentioned that 'if the indirect speech itself contains a subordinate clause (introduced by until... in your case), then the verb of that subordinate clause may be in the present

Thanks!! I appreciate your replies. Yes. you are right. I think the legislation about driving is still effective, so the tenses don't need to be changed, which means his comment is still relevant. I posted a contradictory question. If his

Greetings, Icadia, Direct speech: It's against the law in our state for her to drive until she has been seizure-free for six months. Indirect speech: 1. The provisions of the legislation have probably not changed by the time of reporting

This is the correct sentence: John said that it is /was against the law in our state for her to drive until she has been * seizure-free for six months. *It will always be "has been", because it is a present-perfect-progressive. John

1 Could you tell me who the best driver in the city is? 2 Who do you think the best person to ask about cars is? Isn't it exactly like sentence 4) ? No. Not exactly. The structures are different. who is in an indirect question in 1. who is in

Could you tell me if the following sentence sounds idiomatic from a native speaker's viewpoint? "I need to slam-dunk her a quick one" It may well get a laugh from Al Bundy in the context of a TV sitcom, but I think it would be

What about sentence like: On the hill is a beautiful house OR In the garage is a car. When can we use such structure and when we are supposed to use the one I've underlined above? The underlined structure is the most usual and ordinary. If

Hi, is it correct to use the in this sentence? if it is wrong, under what circumstance it could be correct? I am so inspired by the sadness that I feel I have found the joy.” It's not wrong to say 'the', but it

Hi, Both 'thought' and 'fixed' are past tense. The fact that the car is, in the present, fixed or not doesn't change your word choice for this sentence. You are correct when you say the past tense ' thought ' is to

I thought you said you hadn't eaten yet. But it seems as tho haven't can also be used? No? Is this correct? I would say that it's not. There's been some water under the bridge since your earlier conversation, and you may have