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discours direct -> discours indirect ( = propos rapporté)

 

 

discours indirect :

 

concordance des verbes et des modaux

 

 

verbe au prétérit

 

+

 

would + BV

 

(would > ici sens "futur dans le passé")

 

 

 

 

Bush:

war on terror will

[ discours direct, citation ]

not cease
 

 

President Bush yesterday vowed

[ prétérit temporel ]

that if re-elected

he would

[ discours indirect / propos rapporté par le journaliste /

futur dans le passé ]

"stay on the offensive against terrorism"

and extend the frontiers of freedom,

pledging that "nothing will [ discours direct ] hold us back".

Headline and sub, G, 3.4.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/03/
iraq.uselections2004

 

 

 

 

 

I'LL BE BACK TO GET YOU

 

BARBECUE murderer Stuart Horgan

screamed at his wife's seven-year-old daughter

he would

[ discours indirect / propos rapporté / futur dans le passé ]

return to kill her,

it was revealed yesterday.

Headline and §1, DMi, 22.6.2004,
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14354398 - broken URL

 

 

 

 

 

The woman found hanging in her prison cell

at Maghaberry jail last week

had repeatedly warned she would

[ discours indirect / propos rapporté / futur dans le passé ]

kill herself unless she was given psychiatric help,

it was revealed last night.

Prison suicide 'could have been avoided', Headline, O, 7.3.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/mar/07/
ukcrime.prisonsandprobation

 

 

 

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