NABADIP
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My question is
Why is reporting verb always in simple past, simple present or simple future?
Ram said, " i have taken food".
Answer is : -- Ram said that he had taken food.
Now, the questions are
Ram had said, " I have taken food"
or
Ram has said, " I have taken food"
Are these questions valid? What are the formula of changing tense in reported speech if the tense in reporting verb is present prefect, or present continuous ?
For example : Ram is saying " I have taken food"
Nabadip Chakravarty
Why is reporting verb always in simple past, simple present or simple future?
Ram said, " i have taken food".
Answer is : -- Ram said that he had taken food.
Now, the questions are
Ram had said, " I have taken food"
or
Ram has said, " I have taken food"
Are these questions valid? What are the formula of changing tense in reported speech if the tense in reporting verb is present prefect, or present continuous ?
For example : Ram is saying " I have taken food"
Nabadip Chakravarty