ohmyrichard
Member
- Joined
- May 24, 2008
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
Dear teachers,
Yesterday I read a BBC news report on a hacking attack at a railway station in Guangzhou City, China, which says, "Local media carried conflicting accounts on the number of people involved in the attack, with some reporting four attackers, while others said there were two young men, one of whom managed to get away." I think the word of "said", which I underlined, should be changed to "saying" to make it run parallel with "reporting", but I am not sure of this correction and so I need your help and confirmation. By the way, can it be that this journalist was in a hurry writing this report and made this unintentional writing mistake OR that you native speakers of English may simply speak this way (using "said" instead of "saying") in this particular situation ?
Thanks.
Richard
PS: I denounce any form of violence!
Yesterday I read a BBC news report on a hacking attack at a railway station in Guangzhou City, China, which says, "Local media carried conflicting accounts on the number of people involved in the attack, with some reporting four attackers, while others said there were two young men, one of whom managed to get away." I think the word of "said", which I underlined, should be changed to "saying" to make it run parallel with "reporting", but I am not sure of this correction and so I need your help and confirmation. By the way, can it be that this journalist was in a hurry writing this report and made this unintentional writing mistake OR that you native speakers of English may simply speak this way (using "said" instead of "saying") in this particular situation ?
Thanks.
Richard
PS: I denounce any form of violence!