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SAYandTELL

ThedifferencesbetweenSAYandTELLarequitesmall,butstillimportantif

youwanttospeakcorrectEnglish.Manyofyouhaveemailedme

atjane@,askingmetoteachthegrammarofSAY,TELL,TALKand

SPEAK.

SAY

Form:SAY,SAID,SAID

Meaning:topronouncewordsorsounds,toexpressathought,opinion,or

suggestion,ortostateafactorinstruction.

Grammar:SAYusuallytakesadirectobject.Ineachexamplebelow,the

directobjectisunderlined.

Examples:

1.Igaveherapresentandshesaid,“Thankyou.”(note:here,thedirect

objectistheactualwordsthatsheused.)

2.Hesaidsomethingabouthisjob,butIcan’trememberwhatit

was.(note:here,thedirectobjectis‘somethingabouthisjob’.Asin

example1,thisobjectrelatestothewordsthatwereused.)

3.Theteachersaidthatthestudentsshouldstudyhard.(note:here,the

directobjectisa‘that’clause.A‘that’clauseherehasthesamefunctionasa

noun.Weoftenomittheword‘that’intheseclauses,sowecanalsosay“The

teachersaidthestudentsshouldstudyhard.”)

4.Theteacherdidn’tsaywhatwehadtodofor.(note:here,the

directobjectisawh-clause.Thisisaclausebeginningwithwho,what,

where,why,which,whenorwhether.Awh-clausehasthesamefunctionas

anoun.)

5.Hesaidtomeethimatthestation.(note:here,thedirectobjectisthe

infinitiveform,‘tomeet’.Anotherwaytowritethissentenceis“Hesaidto

methatIshouldmeethimatthestation.”)

TELL

Form:TELL,TOLD,TOLD

Meaning:toinformsomeoneortogivesomeoneinstructions.

Grammar:Tellnearlyalwaystakesanindirectobject,andthatindirect