Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China May 16, 2015 #21 OK.
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia May 16, 2015 #22 Matthew Wai said: How about 'knew'? For example, 'He knew you will play basketball tomorrow'. Click to expand... No.
Matthew Wai said: How about 'knew'? For example, 'He knew you will play basketball tomorrow'. Click to expand... No.
Fanoos62 Junior Member Joined Oct 7, 2014 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Persian Home Country Iran Current Location Iran May 16, 2015 #23 emsr2d2 said: "No, I thought you were going to play basketball tomorrow. Are you going to?" Click to expand... What about: 'You would play basketball tomorrow. Would you?'
emsr2d2 said: "No, I thought you were going to play basketball tomorrow. Are you going to?" Click to expand... What about: 'You would play basketball tomorrow. Would you?'
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England May 16, 2015 #24 That's wrong.
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China May 17, 2015 #25 http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/Backshift.htm After reading the above, I think backshift is obligatory rather than optional in the subordinate clause after such verbs as 'know', 'think', 'realize', 'imagine', 'envision', 'remember' and 'forget'. Am I right or wrong? Not a teacher.
http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/Backshift.htm After reading the above, I think backshift is obligatory rather than optional in the subordinate clause after such verbs as 'know', 'think', 'realize', 'imagine', 'envision', 'remember' and 'forget'. Am I right or wrong? Not a teacher.
teechar Moderator Staff member Joined Feb 18, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Iraq Current Location Iraq May 23, 2015 #26 Fanoos62 said: What about: 'You would play basketball tomorrow. Would you?' Click to expand... Provided it's punctuated correctly, I don't see anything wrong with that (e.g. to indicate surprise). You would play basketball tomorrow, would you?
Fanoos62 said: What about: 'You would play basketball tomorrow. Would you?' Click to expand... Provided it's punctuated correctly, I don't see anything wrong with that (e.g. to indicate surprise). You would play basketball tomorrow, would you?