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Pregunta 17

Which full report correctly avoids backshift after a present reporting verb in the when-not-to-backshift contrast? Direct current warning from the ranger: "The north trail is slippery."

  1. The ranger says that the north trail was slippery.
  2. The ranger says that the north trail had been slippery.
  3. The ranger says that the north trail is slippery.Respuesta correcta
  4. The ranger says that the north trail would be slippery.

Explicación

Is slippery correctly preserves the present tense after says because the ranger is issuing a current warning. Was slippery and had been slippery relocate the danger to the past, while would be slippery changes it into a prediction.

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