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Catherine: "If I lost my job, I would be in serious trouble."
1. Catherine said that if she lost her job, she would be in serious trouble.
2. Catherine said that if she had lost her job, she would have been in serious trouble.
“If I were rich, I would buy a mansion in Beverly Hills,” she said.
3. She said (that) if she were rich, she would buy a mansion in Beverly Hills.
4. She said (that) if she had been rich, she would have bought a mansion in Beverly Hills
Hi,
When we report a second conditional sentence in indirect speech, back-shifting is optional or necessary? :?:
(I mean tense changing)
Thank you.
1. Catherine said that if she lost her job, she would be in serious trouble.
2. Catherine said that if she had lost her job, she would have been in serious trouble.
“If I were rich, I would buy a mansion in Beverly Hills,” she said.
3. She said (that) if she were rich, she would buy a mansion in Beverly Hills.
4. She said (that) if she had been rich, she would have bought a mansion in Beverly Hills
Hi,
When we report a second conditional sentence in indirect speech, back-shifting is optional or necessary? :?:
(I mean tense changing)
Thank you.
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