By Indirect speech, Conditionals

Eh, Rothkowitz, this has sometjhing to do with what I just asked! (see the thread "If I knew what you knew") It seems both "I wish I could say I was happy" and "I wish I could say I'm happy" can be used with the same meaning. Anyway, I think that the sentence with "was" sounds better, maybe...

I would do that ..( is this equivalent to "I will do that in that future" ??) No, "would" is conditional and implies "if". If it were my choice, I would do that. If it were possible, I would do that. If I were you, I would do this. there would be scarcely no time left over for other...

No. 1 is best- as for the others A is good, but if you were to say this to someone you would normally use the present tense for remember, as it would be a more personal way to impart that single thought. If you were illuding to a broader context, as trying to recount your own past actions, the...

Hello, Please , could you tell me if the below are correct and if not could you correct them? Please tell me if in #2, options a,b,c are possible. 1. I could remember him saying that he wouldn't be doing what he does today if he hadn't met the girl who became his wife. 2. a) I remembered him...

Dear teachers, - What is the difference in meaning between all these sentences ? Are they all correct ? 1a) My friend MAY BE ill. = Present; There is a strong possibility ? b) My friend MIGHT BE ill. = Conditional; There is a weaker possibility ? c) My friend MIGHT HAVE BEEN ill. = Past,...

Big question! A rule of thumb may be: "would" is related to "will" and "could" is related to "can". So "could" somehow implies "capability". "Would" is the past form of will and it's often used in similar ways: Indirect speech: Tomorrow will be fine. The forecast said the next day would be...

Both of your examples are correct: The tense used in indirect speech always depends on the tense which was used in direct speech: In your 1st example, the tenses are: "I´ll look (FUTURE) after your cat while you are travelling (PRES. PROGR.) around England the following week." FUTURE tense...

I don't really understand the question either... Konstantin, you're referring to the Conditional with your German example. Indirect speech in German works differently as the Conjunctive has to be used in formal German, which however, can be replaced by the Conditional (would+infinitive). In...

>We told Sharon that her comments didn't really relate to the key issues at hand. is correct. I think, the direct speech sentence is in simple present: "Your comments don't relate to the key issues." When the "introduction"part of a sentence in indirect speech is in a past tense form (here:...