He had not seen her in 5 decades;
Example:
After they had gone to the restaurant he realised that he had forgotten his credit card.
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He had not seen her in 5 decades;
Example:
After they had gone to the restaurant he realised that he had forgotten his credit card.
Something is said directly, sentence is between inverted commas "..."
The Prince said : "I love you!"
* The verb in Reported / Indirect Speech is "further" back in time: e.g.
He said: "I hate you!" →
He said that he hated her.→
They said: "We loved eachother once." →
They said that they had loved eachother once
He stated: "There has always been love between them."
He stated that there had always been love between them.
Police said they had been searching for the missing child for two days.
I told my parents I would always do my homework.
Other reporting verbs?
Said is never followed by a DO!
Told is always followed by a DO!
told, pointed out, explained, admitted, added, agreed, promised