[QUOTE=huma gillani;270039]Ali said, ‘I must go to Lahore next week to visit my ailing mother.’

Ali said that he must go to Lahore [B]the following/coming week[/B] to visit his mother.[/QUOTE]

Ali said that he [B]might [/B]go to Lahore the following/coming week to visit his mother.

[QUOTE=Eager;268887][B]2003[/B]

(4) "Don't blame him for the accident," the boy's mother said.
The boy's mother asked not to blame him for the accident.

What if i read;The boy's mother argued not to blame him for the accident.

vii. “By God”, he said” I do not know his name.”
He swore upon God that he did not know his name.


correct sentence is:
He swore by God that he did not know his name.
do not use "upon" instead of "by"

My father said, ''May you recover from your illness".

[QUOTE=najeeb1311;472436]My father said, ''May you recover from your illness".[/QUOTE]

My father prayed that i might recover from my illness.

The traveler exclaimed with dismay that it was a dark night

[QUOTE=Eager;255248]I told you when we have reporting verb in past and reported speech in past indefinite tense, we have two options at hand. If we want to change it, we can change it to past perfect tense, but we can also [B]retain [/B]the past indefinite tense of the reported speech. (It's a rule in narration). I am sure this is the case here. Because to me, "I lose my pen" doesn't seem logical.

[B]NARRATION 2007: [/B]

1) “this world, “he decleared” is full of sorrow. Would that I were dead!”
He exclaimed that the world was full of sorrow and wished himself to be dead.

2) he said to me, “come early; we shall be waiting for you.”
He asked me to come early as they would be waiting for me.

3) “how delighted I am, “said he, “to meet my friends here by my own fireside!”
He exclaimed with joy to meet his friends there by his own fireside.

4) the man said that he was quite sure he should succeed.
The man said, " I am quite sure I shall succeed.

5) John exclaimed with a sigh that he was ruined.
"Aaah! I am ruined", said John.

6) The constable enquired of the man where he was going
The constable said to the man, "Where are you going?"

7) The boy said that he would walk.
The boy said, "I will walk."

8) “what losses, “cried he, “have I suffered? What anguish have I endured!”
He exclaimed with grief that he had suffered great losses and had endured great anguish.[/QUOTE]




1) “this world, “he decleared” is full of sorrow. Would that I were dead!”
He exclaimed that the world was full of sorrow and wished himself to be dead.


this is perfectly correct, but can someone tell please, whether it would be right to write ".....and wished to die"

[QUOTE=googlechrome;647305]The traveler exclaimed with dismay that it was a dark night






1) “this world, “he decleared” is full of sorrow. Would that I were dead!”
He exclaimed that the world was full of sorrow and wished himself to be dead.


this is perfectly correct, but can someone tell please, whether it would be right to write ".....and wished to die"[/QUOTE]

In my view this sentence should be;

He said that the world is full of sorrow and wished that he had been dead.

I used "is" with world instead of "was" because it seems a kind of universal truth. Secondly ,in optative sentences "were" is changed into "had been"

The man said to the children,"I know you & your parents."
The man told the children that he knew them & their parents.
anyone plz help...why them & their is used.....
i think it should be...
The man told the children that he knew him and his parents.

"them" and "their" is used because children is the plural form of child. 'Him' and "his' are to be used to refer to a child.

[QUOTE=xaara~hussain;252607]sweet eager,

this is not a direct advice, its just letting someone know that i do not know the way. so its better to use "Asked"
jaise urdu main hum kahte hain k maine usko kaha k mujhe raste ka pata nahi or usko kaha k kisi or se puch lain.
aise nahi kahte k maine usko bola k mujhe raste ka pata nahi or usko mashwra dia k kisi or se puch lain. though its not wrong, but not a preferred way of speech!

may you recover is enough, but rest of the part can be added![/QUOTE]

I think if "[B]suggested[/B]" is used will suit here