Search results for 'tag:Weddings tag:Direct speech' matching tags 'Weddings' and 'Direct speech'

Re: shall then will

Teleostomi — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:24:36 GMT

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 "wedding night": the effect is of "troubled reflection".

MrP

Hi MrP, thanks for helping me also in LGC! (I'm meow there)

Could you or anyone explain a bit more about the colored parts?

Re: shall then will

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:24:57 GMT

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 "wedding night": the effect is of "troubled reflection".

MrP

Hm, interesting take. Thanks.

Re: shall then will

MrPedantic — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:51:50 GMT

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 effect is of "troubled reflection".

MrP

Re: My Direct Speech to Put into Indirect

SpoonfedBaby — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:27:23 GMT

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 past:
When we are talking about the past, we often want to say that something was still in the future at that time. To express this idea, we can use the past progressive (was â¦ing), was going to â¦, would, or was to.
As the Duchess had said, the fact that Emily was marrying a general was a very adequate excuse for such ceremony at the wedding.

Hello Clive,

Once again, thanks for your corrections. I was so sure about myself.

I made the mistake of trying to rewrite my sentence following the pattern of âfuture in the past sentenceâ. I should have followed the pattern of the conditional sentence type 2.

â¦she would be reimbursed (conditional passive) if she were (unreal past tense âsubjunctiveâ) not to like it.

Re: My Direct Speech to Put into Indirect

SpoonfedBaby — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:41:07 GMT

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, âAnn will be in Paris on Monday.â >>> He said that Ann would be in Paris on Monday. (Future >>> Conditional)
âI never eat meat,â he explained >>> He explained that he never ate meat. (Present simple >>> past simple)

How English Works wrote:

future in the past:
When we are talking about the past, we often want to say that something was still in the future at that time. To express this idea, we can use the past progressive (was â¦ing), was going to â¦, would, or was to.
As the Duchess had said, the fact that Emily was marrying a general was a very adequate excuse for such ceremony at the wedding.

Pevious threads wrote:

My initial direct speech sentence:
When I registered my aunt at the gym, I asked them, âAre you going to give her money back if she doesnât like it?â

My sentence transformed into a reported speech sentence:
When I registered my aunt at the gym, I asked them whether they would give her money back, if she didn't like it.

Now, here my sentence is changed into what I would say if I had to talk about the past:

As they said when I registered her at the gym, the fact that the gym had this policy she would be reimbursed if she was to not like it.

Please, tell me if my last sentence is right. Do I understand the right way the reported speech and the future in the past?

I'm very grateful for your help.

SFB