lindadanca
Junior Member
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- Aug 15, 2011
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- Ukrainian
- Home Country
- Ukraine
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- Ukraine
hello,
Normally,
.I can drive Susan's car when she is out of town. (present permission)
.I was allowed to drive Susan's car while she was out of town last week. (past permission)
But, I want to learn how to construct a sentence with 'reported speech'.
For example,
John :I can drive Susan's car when she is out of town.
Jessica asks like that. What did he say?
a) Tony :John said that he could drive Susan's car when she was out of town. (past permission)
or
b) Tony :John said that he was allowed to drive Susan's car when she was out of town. (past permission)
My question is when we construct a sentence or 'reported speech', what must we put instead of 'can-past permission' ? Which one is correct a or b?
Because normally the past permission of 'can' is 'be allowed to'. I am mixed up.Can you help me please?
Thank you
Normally,
.I can drive Susan's car when she is out of town. (present permission)
.I was allowed to drive Susan's car while she was out of town last week. (past permission)
But, I want to learn how to construct a sentence with 'reported speech'.
For example,
John :I can drive Susan's car when she is out of town.
Jessica asks like that. What did he say?
a) Tony :John said that he could drive Susan's car when she was out of town. (past permission)
or
b) Tony :John said that he was allowed to drive Susan's car when she was out of town. (past permission)
My question is when we construct a sentence or 'reported speech', what must we put instead of 'can-past permission' ? Which one is correct a or b?
Because normally the past permission of 'can' is 'be allowed to'. I am mixed up.Can you help me please?
Thank you