اللغة الإنجليزية · أخلاقيات الأعمال
الكلام المنقول: تقارير الأقوال
Turning exactly what someone said into someone else's account of it
6 دقيقة
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- Converting direct statements to reported statements (tense back-shift, pronoun/time-word changes)
الطريقة
- Back-shift one tense step; swap this/here/now/ago for that/there/then/before
الأخطاء الشائعة
- Forgetting the tense back-shift
- Keeping 'said to' instead of 'told'
من الدرس
A workplace inspector writes her report the next day. She cannot copy his exact words as they stand: she has to turn them into a reported statement.
المصطلحات
- say vs tell (قال مقابل أخبر)
- reported statement (قول منقول)
ما لا يدخل في البرنامج
- Reported questions/instructions (treated in the Feelings and Emotions unit)