keannu
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Do conditionals not change its tense even in subordinate clause?
The direct discourse:
He told his wife "I would eliminate the tax if you rode naked..."
(in subordinate clause)
=> He told his wife that he would eliminate the tax if she rode naked....
What about in factual conditionals?
He told his wife "I will eiminate the tax if you ride naked..."
=>He told his wife that he I will eliminate the tax if she rides naked..."
Does it change like this? How do you change factual and counterfactual conditionals? Does it have any fixed rules or not?
ex)...Lady Godiva, however, was a caring woman. She wanted her husband to stop taxing the people, but he would not. One day, he told his wife that he would eliminate the tax if she rode naked through the street of Conventry on market day.
The direct discourse:
He told his wife "I would eliminate the tax if you rode naked..."
(in subordinate clause)
=> He told his wife that he would eliminate the tax if she rode naked....
What about in factual conditionals?
He told his wife "I will eiminate the tax if you ride naked..."
=>He told his wife that he I will eliminate the tax if she rides naked..."
Does it change like this? How do you change factual and counterfactual conditionals? Does it have any fixed rules or not?
ex)...Lady Godiva, however, was a caring woman. She wanted her husband to stop taxing the people, but he would not. One day, he told his wife that he would eliminate the tax if she rode naked through the street of Conventry on market day.