Not always - the preterit would create ambiguity, is he still that
keen on preserving the SP?
Free indirect/reported speech here works better IMHO
Ph
Le 5 janv. 14 à 15:14, Chris Barker a écrit :
> No, because it’s reported speech. The second part should be the
> same time as the first.
>
> Chris
>
> On 5 Jan 2014, at 11:48, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Huh? "The Prime Minister reported that he is keen to preserve the
>> State Pension." A person reported in the recent past that he is
>> (continuing to be) of a particular opinion or attitude. Is that not
>> grammatical? Perfect commenting on Present Continuous. They are two
>> different things and can command different tenses, surely. Or did
>> he retort or was it that he 'was reported to be'? :-)
>> Andrew Fildes
>
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