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プロの講師Reported Speech & Direct Speech
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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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2023年5月5日 02:58
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And everyone at the Prancing Pony might have believed him if he hadn't disappeared!
2023年5月6日
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2023年5月5日
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.
2023年5月6日
Why using "was" if it's meant in the past and now they don't own... or I'm wrong
2023年5月5日
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