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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Small Town Infrastructure - 100% Crop
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 18:17:57 +0100
Not always - the preterit would create ambiguity, is he still that  
keen on preserving the SP?

Free indirect/reported speech here works better IMHO

Ph

Le 5 janv. 14 à 15:14, Chris Barker a écrit :

> 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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