reported speech

good call yoong. I think you are right.

Thanks, Dadpad.

Both are fine, as examples of reported speech.

Hi JTT

Did you meet Jeremy when you were living in Sweden?

I asked her whether she had met Jeremy when she was living in Sweden.

I asked her whether she met Jeremy when she was living in Sweden.

I was taught that in reported speech, we should change the simple past tense to the past perfect tense tense.

Was I taught wrongly? Or do BrE and AmE differ in this case.?

BOTH ARE FINE, as JTT told you.

Thanks, Mame.

You were taught a set of backshifts [sequence of tenses] that do happen in language but they are hardly accurate representations of all language situations, YL.

There are a lot of old wives tales, canards, fabrications, ... on language, YL and I'm afraid that the way most ESLs have been taught over the last half century have been taught these same errant rules.

It's not an issue of BrE vs NaE vs AuE, ... . It's a question of social register/writing vs speech.