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She said me that she wasn't able to do it.
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She told me that she wasn't able to do it.
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After tell we mention the listener.
After say we don't mention the listener.
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She told me that she is looking for her handbag.
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She told me that she was looking for her
handbag.
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If the reporting verb (in this case tell) is in the past tense,
the tenses used in the original sentence normally have to be changed:
I am becomes I was
I can becomes I could
have been becomes had been
was becomes had been
will becomes would
can becomes could
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He told me he hasn't seen her before.
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He told me he hadn't seen her before.
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She told me she will see him later.
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She told me she would see him later.
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I told him don't go there.
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I told him not to go there
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When we report a command or warning, we use:
(not) + to + infinitive.
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