'Trouble is, when you write "The Prime Minister reported that he was keen
to preserve the State Pension." it's all too easy to infer that now he is
no longer keen so to do.
Innit?
jez
On 5 January 2014 14:14, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, because it’s reported speech. The second part should be the same time
> as the first.
>
> Chris
>
> On 5 Jan 2014, at 11:48, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Huh? "The Prime Minister reported that he is keen to preserve the State
> Pension." A person reported in the recent past that he is (continuing to
> be) of a particular opinion or attitude. Is that not grammatical? Perfect
> commenting on Present Continuous. They are two different things and can
> command different tenses, surely. Or did he retort or was it that he 'was
> reported to be'? :-)
> > Andrew Fildes
>
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