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[salihpp]

Very nice....! ....

[ice4914]

congratulations!!!!this video is so great and help me a lot.

[patricia0676]

Me ayudo mucho, graciassssss

[gisellee]

Dear Seonaid: How i change(about princess Diana's accident) :

Reporter: "She was taken to the hospital..."

is: the reporter said she was taken to the hospital? or ...she had been taken to the hospital? Thanks so much, tomorrow is my expooo ups

[PerfectEnglish]

@gisellee

Hi,

Both are possible, because 'was taken' is the past simple. If she is in the hospital when the reporter is speaking, I think 'had been' is more natural.

Hope this helps,

Seonaid

[millerjonas]

Im not understand x_x awwww

[00zezimaz00]

Hi Seonaid, please answer my question as soon as you can, because i have an EXAM TOMORROW, and i really need help with this sentence: I go to London in my holiday

when we change it to reported speech, do we say he said that he went to london in his holiday

OR

he said that he goes to london in his holiday?

THANK YOU AGAIN! PLEASE ANSWER ASAP

[PerfectEnglish]

@00zezimaz00 Hello! It's usually to change present simple to past simple, so: 'he said that he went to London on holiday' is fine, though 'I go to London on holiday' is only good English if you're talking about a habit - the person goes every year, for example. In that case, it's also possible to keep the present simple in the reported speech: 'He said that he always goes to London on holiday'. If it's not a habit, you need to use another tense in the original sentence. Hope this helps, Seonaid

[AlbanianGirl911]

Helpful, thanks.

[paulahr2212]

me encanta tu vídeo me ayudo a entender mejor el tema

[AndyHarglesis]

Fail ... My grammar is better! XD

[superdkm1]

could be a bit faster :D

but its awesome

[PerfectEnglish]

@superdkm1 Thank you! Perhaps I'll make the next one faster (it's hard to know the level of the people who will watch).