Charmingly put, Sir Chuck, but if it’s in inverted commas it’s direct speech,
not reported :-)
Chris
On 5 Jan 2014, at 17:47, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If it was "reported speech" (something I've never heard of) I would have
> expected: The Prime Minister said: "I am keen to preserve the State
> Pension." Changing the tense to agree as you require would be: The
> Prime Minister reported that he was keen to preserve the State Pension.
> That's easily misinterpreted as the Prime Minister used to think that
> way but has changed his mind.
>
> Far be it from me to dispute the master of English. I'll just say that:
> Chuck Norcutt reported that he was keen to disagree with Chris Barker
> but, of course, has changed his mind. :-)
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