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Re: How to change this to indirect speech?
Hi guys, I don't think we often use the perfect forms of the idiom be going to, do we? I'm not so sure about that. Sounds fine to me. Also, less ambiguous in various cases. Each to their own, I guess. Clive
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Clive
1 yr 257 days ago
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Re: How to change this to indirect speech?
I would have said: She asked me what I was going to do after the concert. Isn't that indirect enough? I don't think we often use the perfect forms of the idiom be going to, do we? CJ
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CalifJim
1 yr 257 days ago
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Re: Had better
To change something to indirect speech you need to find a way to take the quotation marks out of the original. That does not always mean using the exact same words as the original. (that is why it is know as "indirect" speech!) e.g. The Vicar said, "let us pray". = He invited us to pray. The...
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4 yr 177 days ago
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