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Old 07-Jun-2007, 01:03
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Default Re: Tenses used in quotations

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Originally Posted by esltutor View Post
I you are using quotation marks, the text between the quotation marks must be exactly as it was originally written. It doesn't matter if the author is dead or alive.

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Debra
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Thanks. Debra.
What about the tense in "said/commented/suggested" if the quotation is used as it is (say, in the present tense)? For consistence sake, should I have to change them into says/comments/suggests even when such quotation is made in the past?
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