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Hakan
Reported speech
"Would you mind speaking a little bit slower"?
"Do you mind if I closed the window"?
17 Thg 05 2018 15:46
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Thanks Phil.. I get it
17 tháng 5 năm 2018
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The “conditionals” in your examples are in fact just being used as a form of politeness or curtesy, so rather than report the speech literally, you could write something like:
He politely asked me to speak a bit slower.
He asked permission to close the window / He asked if he could close the window.
If you insist on reporting the speech more literally, you could put:
He asked me if I would mind speaking a little bit slower. (The 2nd conditional doesn’t change in reported speech.)
He asked me if I minded if he closed the window. (The past of the zero conditional is a past real conditional.)
I hope this helps.
17 tháng 5 năm 2018
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