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Sashi at 20:42, 21 April 2020

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‎tenses, aspects, modes

Sashi: /* tenses, aspects, modes */

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Sashi: /* reported speech */

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‎reported speech

Sashi: /* Syntax */

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‎Syntax

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‎Syntax

Sashi: /* say or tell ? */

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‎say or tell ?

Sashi: /* reported speech */

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‎reported speech

Sashi: /* tenses, aspects, modes */

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‎tenses, aspects, modes

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	:*just sayin' = ''je dis ça, je dis rien''. ^^		:*just sayin' = ''je dis ça, je dis rien''. ^^
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	:'''Say''' is compatible with both present & past tenses, with perfective and imperfective (continuous) aspects, and with all of the English modal verbs.		:'''Say''' is compatible with both present & past tenses, with perfective and imperfective (continuous) aspects, and with all of the English modal verbs.

−	:*just sayin' = ''je dis ça, je dis rien''. ^	+	:*just sayin' = ''je dis ça, je dis rien''. ^^

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−	'''Say''' is compatible with both present & past tenses, with perfective and imperfective (continuous) aspects, and with all of the English modal verbs.	+	:'''Say''' is compatible with both present & past tenses, with perfective and imperfective (continuous) aspects, and with all of the English modal verbs.

−	*just sayin' = ''je dis ça, je dis rien''. ^	+	:*just sayin' = ''je dis ça, je dis rien''. ^

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-'''say''' is most frequently <span style="font-size:73%;">(or at least ''very'' frequently)</span> used to talk about "what ''was'' said" in the past.  For direct quotes this presents no problem:
+:'''say''' is most frequently <span style="font-size:73%;">(or at least ''very'' frequently)</span> used to talk about "what ''was'' said" in the past.  For direct quotes this presents no problem:
-*They said "No way!"
+:*They said "No way!"
-*They said OK.
+:*They said OK.
-*They said no.
+:*They said no.
-Most often though, we transpose what ''was'' said into the past tense:
+:Most often though, we transpose what ''was'' said into the past tense:
-*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-size:70%;">Lily at the '''10am''' meeting</span>:  I ''can't'' be here tonight, my flight ''is'' leaving at 7pm.<br>
+:*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-size:70%;">Lily at the '''10am''' meeting</span>:  I ''can't'' be here tonight, my flight ''is'' leaving at 7pm.<br>
-*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-size:70%;">Boris at the '''6pm''' meeting</span>:  Lily said <span style="color:#777;">(that)</span> she ''couldn't'' be here tonight because her flight ''was'' leaving at 7pm.
+:*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-size:70%;">Boris at the '''6pm''' meeting</span>:  Lily said <span style="color:#777;">(that)</span> she ''couldn't'' be here tonight because her flight ''was'' leaving at 7pm.
-If what was said was already in the past tense, we ''sometimes'' transpose to the past perfect.
+:If what was said was already in the past tense, we ''sometimes'' transpose to the past perfect.
 ===<span style="color:#207;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:75%;">tenses, aspects, modes===

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 ==Syntax==
-===<span style=font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:70%;">say or tell ?</span>===
+===<span style="color:#207;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:70%;">say or tell ?</span>===
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 ::*<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#A08;">Boris</span> didn't tell <span style="color:#80A;">Lily</span> <span style="color:#0A8;">to do anything</span>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Boris ne lui a pas dit de faire quoique ce soit.''</span>
-===<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:75%;">reported speech</span>===
+===<span style="color:#207;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:75%;">reported speech</span>===
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 If what was said was already in the past tense, we ''sometimes'' transpose to the past perfect.
-===<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:75%;">tenses, aspects, modes===
+===<span style="color:#207;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:75%;">tenses, aspects, modes===

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 ==Syntax==
-===<span style=font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:70%;">say or tell ?</span><br>===
+===<span style=font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:70%;">say or tell ?</span>===
 :'''Say''' requires a <span style="color:#A08;font-variant:small-caps;">sender</span> and a <span style="color:#0A8;font-variant:small-caps;">message</span>, i.e. ''what'' is said.  <span style="font-size:75%;">(''ce qui est dit'', ou ''ce qu'on dit'')</span>
 :*<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#A08;">Boris</span> didn't say <span style="color:#0A8;">anything</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Boris n'a rien dit.''</span>
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 ::. That person is introduced with <span style="color:#888;font-size:70%;font-variant:small-caps;">the operator/preposition</span> ''to''.
 ::*<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#A08;">Boris</span> didn't say <span style="color:#0A8;">anything</span> <span style="color:#80A;">to Lily</span>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Boris n'a rien dit à Lily.''</span>
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 ::*<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#A08;">Boris</span> didn't tell <span style="color:#80A;">Lily</span> <span style="color:#0A8;">to do anything</span>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Boris ne lui a pas dit de faire quoique ce soit.''</span>
-===<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">reported speech</span>===
+===<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:75%;">reported speech</span>===
 '''say''' is most frequently <span style="font-size:73%;">(or at least ''very'' frequently)</span> used to talk about "what ''was'' said" in the past.  For direct quotes this presents no problem:
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 If what was said was already in the past tense, we ''sometimes'' transpose to the past perfect.
-===<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">tenses, aspects, modes===
+===<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:75%;">tenses, aspects, modes===
 '''Say''' is compatible with both present & past tenses, with perfective and imperfective (continuous) aspects, and with all of the English modal verbs.
 *just sayin' = ''je dis ça, je dis rien''. ^