No, not at all.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/13/2014 10:20 AM, ChrisB wrote:
Chuck
I agree that adding the word wouldn't change the tense. And if the
quote had been in inverted commas the tense could have been the
present – as you point out. But since Moose wrote it as reported
speech, i.e. without quotes, the tenses should have matched.
Another example might be, “President Obama told the meeting that he
admired the troops fighting for their freedom”, which is similar to
“President Obama told the meeting, 'I admire the troops fighting for
their freedom’ ”.
Do you see the distinction that I’m making?
Chris
On 13 Nov 14, at 14:48, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't see how adding "that" is necessary to place it in the past.
"Didn't" is what places it in the past. What if I change the
sentence slightly and add quotes? Didn't McLuhan say: "The mangle
is the message." Adding "that" doesn't seem to fit at all there.
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