when saying something in the past, should all the words be in the past?
O OLADEJO New member Joined Mar 26, 2013 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Yoruba Home Country Nigeria Current Location Nigeria Mar 26, 2013 #1 when saying something in the past, should all the words be in the past?
S SoothingDave VIP Member Joined Apr 17, 2009 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Mar 26, 2013 #2 He said that he will be there. They knew that they were going to be famous.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Mar 26, 2013 #3 OLADEJO said: When saying something in the past, should all the words be in the past? Click to expand... Welcome to the forum. As you can see from SoothingDave's examples, it is not necessary for all the verbs to use the past tense when talking about the past. Please remember to start your sentences with a capital letter.
OLADEJO said: When saying something in the past, should all the words be in the past? Click to expand... Welcome to the forum. As you can see from SoothingDave's examples, it is not necessary for all the verbs to use the past tense when talking about the past. Please remember to start your sentences with a capital letter.
W Winwin2011 Senior Member Joined Aug 4, 2011 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Chinese Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Mar 26, 2013 #4 SoothingDave said: He said that he will be there. They knew that they were going to be famous. Click to expand... Can we say "He said that he would be there."? Thanks.
SoothingDave said: He said that he will be there. They knew that they were going to be famous. Click to expand... Can we say "He said that he would be there."? Thanks.
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Mar 26, 2013 #5 Winwin2011 said: Can we say "He said that he would be there"? Thanks. Click to expand... If you remove the full stop after "there", yes.
Winwin2011 said: Can we say "He said that he would be there"? Thanks. Click to expand... If you remove the full stop after "there", yes.