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Are you confident talking about what someone said in the past?
This is called 'reported speech'.
It is a very important, but sometimes confusing, part of English.
Mr. Underhill: "Our business is our own."
He said that their business was their own.
He said the business is being their own.
He said that his business is being by his own.
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May 5, 2023 2:58 AM
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And everyone at the Prancing Pony might have believed him if he hadn't disappeared!
May 6, 2023
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May 5, 2023
He said that their business is their own.
"is their own" because we can assume that it IS [still] their own after having said so.
May 6, 2023
Why using "was" if it's meant in the past and now they don't own... or I'm wrong
May 5, 2023
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