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indirect speech [duplicate]

grammaticality tenses past-vs-present backshifting

Sequence of tenses missing - not in Reported Speech

passive-voice sequence-of-tenses backshifting

Question about tenses used in Seinfeld show: "what you were doing tomorrow night"

grammar tenses backshifting indirect-speech

What was/is the name of the person who phoned/had phoned? [duplicate]

grammaticality tenses past-vs-present backshifting

'wanted' or 'had wanted'

grammar tenses backshifting

Which tense is correct? "Bob wanted to know if he is/was a father"

verbs tenses backshifting

Mixing verb tenses involving a Past-Belief/Thought/Attitude about timeless facts

grammar tenses past-tense backshifting

Tense simplification in subordinate clauses - past perfect instead of would have

past-perfect subordinate-clauses backshifting simple-past-vs-past-perfect

Persisting tense backshifting in the "i'd rather" hypothetical

grammar backshifting

The old couple told the police that they were watching T.V. at the time of the break in

backshifting

Are the tenses used in the sentence correct?

tenses conditionals subjunctive-mood backshifting

Indirect speech about context [duplicate]

grammar backshifting

"used to be" with a fact [duplicate]

grammar backshifting

sentence structure and sequence of tense

backshifting indirect-speech sequence-of-tenses

I thought...WAS vs. I thought ....IS? [duplicate]

grammaticality tenses past-vs-present backshifting

Why “can” not “could” in “She was one of those people who can. . . .”?

past-tense modal-verbs backshifting subordinate-clauses sequence-of-tenses

Use of IS and WAS in reported speech [duplicate]

indirect-speech backshifting

"While" followed by simple past/past continuous

grammar sentence past-tense simple-past backshifting

Indirect speech - which statement is correct? [duplicate]

tenses subordinate-clauses sequence-of-tenses backshifting past-vs-present

Is "I would understand everything you said if you said it in Portuguese" correct?

conditionals subjunctive-mood backshifting