I think the key phrase here is "in certain cases." I agree that in everday speech or writing, the backshift is usually not necessary, but here are some other examples of when it works and clarifies: When I arrived, he had already

An experienced animal trainer was killed Wednesday in an accident with a killer whale at SeaWrold in Orlando, law enforement and park officials said. Place quote marks around the quoted material. This is direct speech. In direct speech, the

The Benefits Of Animal Testing In 1990 the founder of PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Ingrid Newkirk told a reporter that if an AIDS cure resulted from animal research, "we'd still be against it." I appreciate

Hi. I've been told " Gladiator " is an awesome movie. It sounds good. I was told gladiator is an awesome movie. Strictly speaking, it is not correct because of sequence of tenses. If you use past tense, you have to change all verbs

What's so strange about the use of the past in the second sentence? You mean the use of "Now" with past tense? It may sound strange, but please read the following definition from the cambridge dictionary online: now adverb ( IN

Alc24, You had post the same questions before which had been answered? Again, you seemed to be more interested in the pattern of sentence or speech than using them in the proper context. She is overwhelmed/overloaded with work. (

The difference is in tenses: the 1st sentence is in Present Simple (action is regulary repeated) and the 2nd is in Present Continuous (the action is happening now, at the moment of speech )

3 That was his worst movie of/out of the 5 his made so far. A word to the wise As an aside, please, note that "his" and "he's" are not only spelled differently, they are pronounced differently too (his - a relaxed

Here are my suggested changes. Some are grammatical corrections; others are stylistic suggestions. The crossout s are my deletions and the color bar words are my replacements. This paper examines the racial segregation which existed in the

Hi English 1b3 The traditional grammar for a type 2 conditional calls for "were" rather than "was". However, there are a couple of things I think we ought to keep in mind. Firstly, "was" is widely used instead of