Direct, Indirect Speech (Narration) – Reported Speech – English Grammar – with Exercises & Quiz | reported speech | ความรู้ภาษาต่างประเทศที่เป็นประโยชน์

Regarding ex 1: The proper grammatical form is to backshift the tense – "Sarah said that she drank…" although if this is a current habit, you can say "Sarah said that she drinks…" However, in this particular instance, we only have the sentence without the context, so we don't know when the sentence was spoken. What if Sarah said it two months ago and then gave up coffee? Her original words would still be "I drink black coffee every morning." But, we would only be correct in reporting, "Sarah said (two months ago) that she drank black coffee every morning." Remember that if you are unsure, just backshift the tense.
The exception is if the sentence contains a reference to a future time that has still not arrived. Ex: My friend Raj told me this morning, "I'm getting married next month." If I had to report this to another friend today, I would say, Raj told me this morning that he's getting married next month. Notice that this morning and next month stay the same because I'm reporting the sentence on the same day in the same month.

Sir, can I conclude that reported speech is free from [ , ]

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Thumbs up! I wonder to know the following: "Didn't Nicole tell you we were coming today?" he asked. He asked whether Nicole hadn't told us that they were coming that day. My question is why you didn't backshift we were coming today in Direct Speech into they had been coming that day into Reported Speech. Why you used Past Continuous instead of Past Perfect Continuous? He asked whether Nicole hadn't told us that they had been coming that day.

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