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Professionele leerkrachtReported Speech & Direct Speech
(Advanced)
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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5 mei 2023 02:58
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And everyone at the Prancing Pony might have believed him if he hadn't disappeared!
6 mei 2023
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Deze inhoud schendt onze communityrichtlijnen.
5 mei 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.
6 mei 2023
Why using "was" if it's meant in the past and now they don't own... or I'm wrong
5 mei 2023
Heb je je antwoorden nog steeds niet gevonden?
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Callum
Taalvaardigheden
Engels, Spaans
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Spaans
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