By Weddings, Direct speech

MrPedantic wrote:I think I would take it as a stylistic choice. Where the phrase first appears, it is direct speech: the words are uttered in the voice of the creature; the "sh" of "shall" suggests "forceful utterance". In the second example, the "will" links in with the w of "word" and...

MrPedantic wrote: I think I would take it as a stylistic choice. Where the phrase first appears, it is direct speech: the words are uttered in the voice of the creature; the "sh" of "shall" suggests "forceful utterance". In the second example, the "will" links in with the w of "word" and...

I think I would take it as a stylistic choice. Where the phrase first appears, it is direct speech: the words are uttered in the voice of the creature; the "sh" of "shall" suggests "forceful utterance". In the second example, the "will" links in with the w of "word" and "wedding night": the...

Clive wrote: As they said when I registered her at the gym, the fact was that the gym had this policy that (or by which/under which) she would be reimbursed if she were not to like it. (or if she didn't like it - a more common way to say it) How English Works wrote: future in the...

Hello everybody, I'm working on the rules of the reported speech and the ones on the future in the past. A practical English Grammar wrote: reported speech: He said, ‘Ann will be in Paris on Monday.’ >>> He said that Ann would be in Paris on Monday. ...