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#2 (permalink) Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:16 am indirect/direct speech question |
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Hi, I am mohammad Ahmad studient in the translation English to arabic / collage of Art/ Iraq /- evening study my birth date/ 1951, I come here to devlop my language , I find this program the best one that I had seen in internet _________________ MMA |
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Mohammad Ahmad I'm here quite often ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:45 am Indirect/direct speech question (Layla said to me; to wait here until she return) |
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Layla said to me, "Wait here until I return." Layla told me to wait here until she returned. |
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Barb_D I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:49 am Indirect/direct speech question (Layla said to me; to wait here until she return) |
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well but if I said : Layla told me to wait there until she come, what is the answer then? please I wait your cleverness! _________________ MMA |
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Mohammad Ahmad I'm here quite often ;-)
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 139 Location: Iraq
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#5 (permalink) Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:11 am Indirect/direct speech question (Layla said to me; to wait here until she return) |
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Hi Mohammad
The decision to use 'here' or 'there' in reported speech depends on whether the speaker is still at the location that was referred to as 'here' in the direct speech.
If the speaker is in a different place when the sentence is reported, then you need to use 'there': - Layla told me to wait there until she came back. . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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