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My cousin said My room-mate had snored throughout the night

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My cousin said, "My room-mate had snored throughout the night."

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My cousin said that her room-mate snored throughout the night.
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Hussain Badar
Hussain Badar 5 years ago
my cousin said that her room-mate (had) snored throughout the night.

Kindly add (had) you Miss the word Had
Lavanya Kethepalli
Lavanya Kethepalli 6 years ago
Past perfect will change to past perfect continuous...so all options are wrong
Lavanya Kethepalli
Lavanya Kethepalli 6 years ago
Had snored is in past perfect and in indirect speech also it remains same , so all options are wrong according to me
Harmandeep Kaur
Harmandeep Kaur 6 years ago
In answer, had will be used
Zoo Topia
Zoo Topia 6 years ago
Since it is past perfect tense, the direct form will remain unchanged, so the correct option should be

"My cousin said that her room-mate had snored throughout the night"

Add the word "had" in option A. Please
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