If the verb in the independent clause is in the present tense, the tense that the verb in the indirect quotation should be is <span>remain in its original tense. </span>You don't have to shift tenses because it is present in the independent one. For example: He says: "I need to wash my hair." He says that he needs to wash his hair. You wouldn't say - he says that he needed to wash his hair.
If the verb in the independent clause is in the present tense, the tense that the verb in the indirect quotation should be is remain in its original tense.
You don't have to shift tenses because it is present in the independent one.
For example:
He says: "I need to wash my hair."
He says that he needs to wash his hair.
You wouldn't say - he says that he needed to wash his hair.
Leonard Cohen explained: "Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means 'Glory to the Lord. ' The song explains that many kinds of Hallelujahs do exist. I say: All the perfect and broken Hallelujahs have an equal value.
