whats wrong in this sentence. "Ali said that he had worked hard all day, that he was tired and that he will go to bed early."
Read this sentence aloud, and then let me know which one word you will delete.
... actually "one word" that shows up three times, but is needed only once.
In the given sentence, there is an issue with verb tense consistency. The verb tenses used in the sentence are mixed, which creates confusion. Here is the corrected version of the sentence:
"Ali said that he had worked hard all day, that he was tired, and that he would go to bed early."
To identify the issue, you need to analyze each part of the sentence separately:
1. "Ali said that he had worked hard all day" - In this part, the past perfect tense "had worked" is used correctly because it indicates an action that was completed before another past action.
2. "that he was tired" - Here, the past tense "was" is used correctly to indicate Ali's state of being tired at the time of speaking.
3. "that he will go to bed early" - This part contains the error. The future tense "will go" should be changed to the past tense "would go" to maintain consistent verb tense.
To fix the sentence, you can replace "will go" with "would go" to ensure that the verb tenses follow a logical order.