Saturday, September 12, 2015

reported speech - He said that his job IS/WAS boring


before few weeks my friend said: "my job is boring"


I need to report his speech to third person, What should I say? and why?




  • He said that his job is boring.

  • He said that his job was boring.





Answer



If the situation didn't change you can either do backshifting or leave the verb as it is:



He said (that) his job is boring.He said his job was boring.



You can also leave out "that".


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