Saying.

[tufguy]

1) He refused to help me saying I was not his friend.

2) He refused to help saying You are not my friend.

Do we need "passive" or "active" voice after "saying"? Should we use "past" form in second part in these kinds of sentences? Our tenses should agree. AmbI correct?

 

[GoesStation]

Both sentences need a comma.

Sentence 2 includes quoted text which needs quotation marks.

Can you correct those errors in a new post in this thread?

 

[5jj]

Do we need "passive" or "active" voice after "saying"?

It depends on the message you wish to convey/:

He said that his father beat (active) him.
He said that he was beaten (passive) by his father.

 

[tufguy]

Both sentences need a comma.

Sentence 2 includes quoted text which needs quotation marks.

Can you correct those errors in a new post in this thread?

Correction:

1) He refused to help me saying, I was not his friend.

2) He refused to help saying, "You are not my friend".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Correction:

1) He refused to help me saying, I was not his friend.

2) He refused to help saying, "You are not my friend".

No. Try again. You did not need help saying!

 

[5jj]

Quotation marks :tick:

Commas :cross:

 

[tufguy]

No. Try again. You did not need help saying!

Sorry I am comfused. Is it incorrect using "saying" here?

 

[tzfujimino]

Move the commas somewhere else, tufguy.

 

[emsr2d2]

Correction:

1) He refused to help me saying, I was not his friend.

2) He refused to help saying, "You are not my friend".

The quotation marks are correct. The commas are in the wrong place.

Sorry. I am confused. Is it incorrect [STRIKE]using[/STRIKE] to use "saying" here?

No.

 

[Tdol]

A clue:

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[tufguy]

The quotation marks are correct. The commas are in the wrong place.



No.

1) He refused to help me saying "I was not his friend".

2) He refused to help saying "you are not my friend".

 

[tufguy]

A clue:

<---

What is the clue?:?:

 

[5jj]

1) He refused to help me saying "I was not his friend".

2) He refused to help saying "you are not my friend".

You were told that the commas were in the wrong place, not that they should be removed.

 

[5jj]

What is the clue?:?:

Move the commas to the left.

 

[tufguy]

Move the commas to the left.

1) He refused to help me, saying "I was not his friend".

2) He refused to help, saying "you are not my friend".

 

[5jj]

Delete the quotation marks in the first.
Begin the words quoted with a quotation mark in the second.

 

[emsr2d2]

1) He refused to help me, saying "I was not his friend". :cross:

2) He refused to help, saying "you are not my friend". :cross:

The commas are now in the right place. Do not move them!

Hints to the errors in the sentences:
1) Quotation marks.
2) Capitalisation.

Why does sentence 1 include the word "me" but sentence 2 doesn't?

 

[tufguy]

The commas are now in the right place. Do not move them!

Hints to the errors in the sentences:
1) Quotation marks.
2) Capitalisation.

Why does sentence 1 include the word "me" but sentence 2 doesn't?

1) He refused to help me, saying I was not his friend.

2) He refused to help me, saying "you are not my friend".

 

[tufguy]

The commas are now in the right place. Do not move them!

Hints to the errors in the sentences:
1) Quotation marks.
2) Capitalisation.

Why does sentence 1 include the word "me" but sentence 2 doesn't?

Which word needs to be capitalised?

 

[emsr2d2]

Which word needs to be capitalised?

As we have told you many times before, you must capitalise the first word of a complete sentence inside quotation marks.