By Modal verbs, Direct speech

Hi Pres1dentYou should break up long posts such as this one into several short posts. That way it's much easier for other people to comment.I've made suggestions. Some of the sentences in these exercises don't sound terribly natural, so there are also suggestions in places where there were no...

We might not have the same edition. In my case, it's Swan 482, reporting (3), advanced points, item 5, modal verbs in indirect speech on page 505

As per Swan, must is usually unchanged in indirect speech after past reporting verbs: ------- Direct: It must be really late. I really must go. Indirect: She said it must be pretty late and she really must go. Swan, reporting (3), advanced points, modal verbs in indirect...

I think that the 2nd one is different as she hould read, and should have. It is in past tence and not past tence really. Eladio wrote:Hello, everyone in EnglishForums. Here I am again with some doubts, now related to reported speech but when in direct speech were used modal verbs and...

Paco: Sounds your books are telling merely that some native speakers don't do always the tense backshift in direct-to-indirect speech conversion. But I don't take it as that those books are saying ESL students always have to follow that kind of speech made by grammatically illiterate native...

If we use passive voice, we don't have to change it in reported speech. Am I right? JTT: That's right. Sounds your books are telling merely that some native speakers don't do always the tense backshift in direct-to-indirect speech conversion. But I don't take it as that those books are saying...

CGEL: Conversion to indirect reported speech not a matter of grammatical rule There is a second respect in which we must beware of being misled by the traditonal account associating backshift with indirect reported speech. Converting into indirect reprted speech, however, is not a matter of...

7. Direct Speech: I said: “The paper was read everyday”. Reported Speech: I said that the paper was read everyday. I think that if we use passive voice, we don’t have to change it in reported speech. Am I right? JTT: That's right. True? "Yesterday President Bush said that America was...

1. Direct Speech: I said: “She could read the paper everyday”. Reported Speech: I said that she could read the paper everyday. 2. Direct Speech: I said: “She should read the paper everyday”. X Reported Speech: I said that she should have read the paper everyday. X Reported Speech: I said that...

Hello, everyone in EnglishForums. Here I am again with some doubts, now related to reported speech but when in direct speech were used modal verbs and passive voice. Could you help me, please? Tell me if the followings reported speeches are correctly stated by me: Direct Speech: I said: “She...