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

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

You can, but native speakers normally use simple present in the subordinate clause: I'll do what I'm asked to do.

Many thanks for your information then for the last example: if i have seen you, i will wave --> if + Present perfect, present future?

This sentence looks wrong to me...Please help and tell me why! I can't even begin to guess why the sentence looks wrong to you. Perhaps it's because it is ambiguous whether spread is a present tense or a past participle in an implied

Could you explain when exactly we can reduce relative clause if there is no be verb? I know I can say: English has an alphabet that consists or consisting of 26 letters. You are mixing a gerund phrase in with a subordinate noun clause.

The first one is okay. I guess you could argue that the sentence is in present tense, and the clause, "I stopped etc." is object of the verb. (Amy didn't say there was anything wrong with it.) - A.

I thought it was in the opposite direction from where you were headed. The sequence of tenses takes precedence. Backshifts are nearly mandatory after verbs of knowing and thinking in the past. That is, once you've got thought or knew (or a

Hi, Sometimes grammar references told us that you cannot put a comma between the two verbs of a double predicate sentence, but I often found that usage in articles in famous websites or newspapers. I would say you have to look at each

Hi, Sometimes grammar references told us that you cannot put a comma between the two verbs of a double predicate sentence, but I often found that usage in articles in famous websites or newspapers. I would say you have to look at each