Saturday, January 20, 2018

'must' vs 'would have to' in indirect speech



Direct speech: He said, "If the flood gets worse we must leave the house."


Indirect speech (book answer): He said that if the flood got worse they would have to leave the house.


I think there should be must/had to instead of would have to, because I read a rule saying we change must into must/had to when we change direct speech into indirect speech. Correct me if I am wrong?




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