[Grammar] I spoke with him last night and he told me that

[Goldenboy12]

What are the differences between the following sentences?Could you advise if there are any grammatical errors?

I spoke with him last night and he told me that he would tell his mum what was going in their relationship.

I spoke with last night and he told me he would tell his mother what is going on in their relationship.

I spoke with him and he told me that he would tell his mother what was going on in their relationship.

I spoke with him and he told me that he would tell his mother what is going on in their relationship.

I spoke with him and he advised that he would tell his mother what was going on in their relationship.

I spoke with him and he advised that he would tell his mum what's going on in their relationship.

I spoke with him and he advised that he will tell his mum what's going on in their relationship.


I have spoken to him and he said he would tell his mum what's going on in their relationship.

 

[Rover_KE]

Are you sure your native language is (Afan) Oromo?

What is the source of these sentences?

 

[Goldenboy12]

There is no source. I wanted you to check the grammar on the sentences. I struggle with grammar. So I write all the time to improve my grammar.

 

[Rover_KE]

There has to be a source – even if you made them up yourself.

 

[jutfrank]

Numbers 4 to 8 are not natural.

Did you mean 5 to 8?

 

[jutfrank]

That's way too many variations! Let's narrow it down.

First, let's get rid of the ones with advised, which is not correct. This leaves 1,2,3,4,8:

1. I spoke with him last night and he told me that he would tell his mum what was going in their relationship.
2. I spoke with last night and he told me he would tell his mother what is going on in their relationship.
3. I spoke with him and he told me that he would tell his mother what was going on in their relationship.
4. I spoke with him and he told me that he would tell his mother what is going on in their relationship.
8. I have spoken to him and he said he would tell his mum what's going on in their relationship.

Numbers 1 and 2 include last night, and so sound a bit more natural than 3 and 4, I think. So we can remove 3 and 4:

1. I spoke with him last night and he told me that he would tell his mum what was going in their relationship.
2. I spoke with last night and he told me he would tell his mother what is going on in their relationship.
8. I have spoken to him and he said he would tell his mum what's going on in their relationship.

(Note: 2. doesn't include him, which makes it ungrammatical, but let's assume that was unintended.)

This now leaves five points of comparison:

• spoke versus have spoken
• spoke with versus spoke to
  
• told me versus said
  
• mum versus mother
• is versus was
  

... which is still too much to ask in one thread. Please try again. This time try to focus on one point at a time.