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Ellisa: This is a very long passage, and your other post seems to be even longer. The editor at this web site makes it difficult to make corrections to long passages. Also, many teachers do not want to devote a long time working on a single post. If you post only one paragraph at a time, then...

Well, you know there are a number of terms for virtually everything relating to do with language.  The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language calls it 'indirect reported speech'.  I think the 'reported' part of the name is important to distinguish it from 'indirect...

Hi, here goes my answers for the rest of the questions Mr. Clive.. i am specifying the questions number..to which i could answer 2. He said that little did she realize that he knew all about her. 3. Brian was keen about stamp collection. He said that Brian was keen about stamp collection. 4....

here goes my answers for the rest of the questions Mr. Clive.. i am specifying the questions number..to which i could answer 3. Brian was keen about stamp collection. 4. He said that he couldn't eat such a curry which was too spicy for him. 6. The weekend was not only wet, it was also cold...

Basically, the reactor Now, don't tear your hair out and start screaming, but the second of the two series above is sometimes taken to mean the same as the first series! -- that is, taken to refer to what was then the future instead of what was then the past. My recommendation, if...

Hi, India has far fewer tigers living in the wild than had been thought, initial results from a major new study suggest. The Wildlife Institute of India census showed tiger numbers falling in some states by two-thirds in five years. A final report is due out in December. India's last...

India has far fewer tigers living in the wild than had been thought, initial results from a major new study suggest. The Wildlife Institute of India census showed tiger numbers falling in some states by two-thirds in five years. A final report is due out in December. India's last...

In reported speech it is understood that the verb tense is the result of changing from direct to indirect speech. 1) You say that if you see her you will show her your new bike. 2) You're not saying that if you saw her you would show her your new bike. Sentence number one...