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Simple past
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tommy1996
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Simple past
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Is ir right if we dont need change simole past in reported speech?
He said "I bought a car"
She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car.
Both are right?
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13 Jan 2021
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cunliffe
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You need to push the tense back one, so it should be: she said that she had bought a car. This is British English. |
14 Jan 2021
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redcamarocruiser
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In American English, both are correct. They had bought a car sounds more formal to me, and bought a car sounds normal. I wonder how it is in Austrailian and Canadian English and other Englishes, as well.
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14 Jan 2021
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jfelipenaranjo
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Jack C Richards from Cambridge press in his INTERCHANGE course books uses the change from past to past perfect. Me, I think both are OK in spoken English but I would much rather use past perfect in written texts or tests in order to increase my score about vocabulary and grammar knowledge. |
14 Jan 2021
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