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Backshift Moderate

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Definitions
Noun
1

The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

Verb
1

To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

See Also
verb tense present reported speech past random variable backshifts function
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Rhyming Words
ift gift tift nift sift lift zift rift smift drift shift grift swift clift skift snift relift thrift shrift uplift
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