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Reported speech REPORTING OTHER VERBS WITH NEGATIVES
with negatives If a reporting verb is followed by an object and an infinitive, “not”
goes between the object and the infinitive to form the negative.
Negatives in reported speech are formed in the same See also:
way as negatives in direct speech. “Not” is used with the Present simple negative 2
auxiliary, or with the main verb if there is no auxiliary. Past simple negative 8 Types of verbs 49
REPORTING NEGATIVE AUXILIARIES “Not” makes the reported speech negative.
When the direct speech is negative using “do not,” “is not,” and “has not,”
“do,” “is,” or “has” changes tense, rather than the main verb.
FURTHER EXAMPLES
Present simple negative.
Past simple negative.
FURTHER EXAMPLES
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