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Is this sentence clear or is there a better choice:

Spoke with Amy who advised that additional payment has not been issued but that she would put in a request for one.

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[+3] - jespah - 01/22/2020[i]I spoke with Amy, who said an additional payment has not been issued, but she would ask for one.[/i]
[+3] - jespah - 01/23/2020You can probably go with either. Had implies slightly further in the past. In this case, it's likely to be a paraphrasing of what the speaker said.

@LBrinkmann,

I spoke with Amy, who said an additional payment has not been issued, but she would ask for one.

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@jespah,

jespah wrote:

I spoke with Amy, who said an additional payment has not been issued, but she would ask for one.

Aren't you mixing tenses though?

"an additional payment had not been issued,"

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How about: Amy said an additional payment has not been issued, but that she would ask for one.

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@McGentrix,

You can probably go with either. Had implies slightly further in the past. In this case, it's likely to be a paraphrasing of what the speaker said.

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