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   Hi, Ardith Hinton : Mike Powell!   
   I read your message from 15.04.2019 22:46   
      
    AK>> "This was my Personal Legend, not yours," the alchemist   
    AK>> answered. "But I wanted to show you that it was possible."   
      
    AK>> Could the alchemist say, "But I wanted to show you that it IS   
    AK>> possible." After all he spoke of universal truth, at least he   
    AK>> thought so.   
      
    AH> Yes, yes, and yes.... :-)   
      
      
    AK>> But may be   
    AH> |I'd say "maybe", or "it may be that"   
      
      
   AK>  English Grammar demands the Past Tense anyway   
      
      
    AH> English grammar allows... but does not necessarily require... tense   
    AH> changes in reported speech, where the original wording may not be   
    AH> cited as it was said. I'd suggest looking up "reported speech"   
    AH> vs. "direct speech". :-)   
      
   Where do you see the reported(indirect) speech? IMHO, if we see quotation   
   marks it is not the indirect speech:   
      
   "This was my Personal Legend, not yours," the alchemist answered. "But I   
   wanted to show you that it was possible."   
      
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2019   
      
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