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Fire service spokesman Yiannis Artopios said the possibility was being investigated that the victims had entered Greece illegally, given that there had been no reports of missing residents.
(Greece wildfires: Eighteen bodies found in Greek forest by BBC)
Is the above sentence backshifted in reported speech? If so, I'd like to know "non-backshifted version"
Is it like this? :
Fire service spokesman Yiannis Artopios said "the possibility is being investigated that the victims entered Greece illegally, given that there has been no reports of missing residents."
(Greece wildfires: Eighteen bodies found in Greek forest by BBC)
Is the above sentence backshifted in reported speech? If so, I'd like to know "non-backshifted version"
Is it like this? :
Fire service spokesman Yiannis Artopios said "the possibility is being investigated that the victims entered Greece illegally, given that there has been no reports of missing residents."