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Junkomama
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 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:04 am Post subject: would/should |
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She said, "Let's take our children to the zoo."
When you rewrite this sentence in the indirect speech form, will it be
"She told that they would take their children to the zoo." or
"She told that they should take their children to the zoo."?
Thank you in advance!
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2006
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: Re: would/should |
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| Junkomama wrote: |
She said, "Let's take our children to the zoo." This is (almost certainly) a suggestion, so I would not use "should" or "would".
When you rewrite this sentence in the indirect speech form, will it be
"She told that they would take their children to the zoo." or
"She told that they should take their children to the zoo."?
In the above sentences you also should use "said', not "told". But again, I wouldn't use "should" or "would". I would say 'She suggested that they take their children to the zoo.'
Thank you in advance!
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Thank you so much, 2006-san!!
With regards,
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