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Thu 29 Dec, 2005 04:53 am
Hello!
which one of the two will be the correct way of reporting
He said, "I shall go to the market" [This is to be turned into indirect
speech]
1 He said he would go to the market
Or
2 He said he should go to the market
Thanks in advance
He said, "I shall go to the market" [This is to be turned into indirect
speech]
1 He said he would go to the market
2 He said he should go to the market.
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Number 1 is one choice. But ENLs are not limited and do not always follow the backshifting found in reported speech. Other correct choices, would be;
a. He said that he's going to the market.
b. He said that he'll go to the market.
c. He said that he's going to go to the market.
Sentence number 2 is not really feasible because the shift in meaning.