I can t believe he did this to me He said that he leave me alone but now he s gone

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nana · Accepted Answer

I can t believe he did this to me He said that he would not leave leave me alone but now he s gone

Nurul Kholisah · Answer

Couldn t leave The given sentence is a statement According to the rules of narration and reporting if the reporting verb is in the past tense the tense of the reported verb is changed into its corresponding past form The reporting verb in the given sentence said is in the past form Therefore the reported verb can t will change into couldn t The first person pronoun I will change into the person of the speaker Thus in indirect speech the sentence must be He said that he couldn t leave me alone

Febri Hariadi · Answer

I can t believe he did this to me He said that he would not leave me alone but now he s gone