我想問 report speech 是不是沒有past continue tense
例如 he said that found a piece of reflective paper had been stuck on the wall while he was cleaning the floor.
2006-12-04 03:50:43 · 3 個解答 · 發問者 kcwongk23 1 in 社會與文化 ➔ 語言
是可以的，但記得在reported speech也要依照其他敘事文的規則，如時式要一致(Sequence of Tense)，若是要間接敘述法出現，則要注意，主要子句的動詞為現在時式時，從屬子句的動詞就不受限制，但若主要子句的動詞為過去時式時，從屬子句的動詞，必須是過去時式，或過去完成時式。
所以你以上的句子，應為
He said that he had found a piece of reflective paper stuck on the wall while he had been cleaning the floor.
(其實stuck on the wall，這個己經是形容詞片語，毋須用had been stuck on the wall）
2006-12-04 11:50:25 補充：
為甚麼要用Past Perfect tense，若我們將它主要子句轉為現在式時，大約是He says that he found a piece of reflective paper stuck on the wall while he was cleaning the floor.所以，我們看到在主要子句為現在式時，從屬子句也是過去式，所以當主要子句為過去式時，從屬子句就要用過去完成式和過去完成進行式（在一般的情況下）
2006-12-04 06:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by HaHa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be changed to:
He said that he found a piece of reflective paper stuck on the wall while he was cleaning the floor.
or
He said while he was cleaning the floor, he found a piece of reflective paper that stuck on the wall.
2006-12-04 05:06:30 · answer #2 · answered by Ana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He said that he found a piece of reflective paper stucking on the wall while he
was cleaning the floor.
You canstill use past continue tense.
2006-12-04 04:42:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋