Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

We have few doubts..letme clear it for u @chandru..
told,said to,told to,said to,said that..

1.) told to is wrong..shouldn't use it e.g."he told to me a story"..is wrong it has to be"he told me a story".

2.) said to is used in direct form of speech such as when u know the subject u are talking to : sam said to chandru,"I have fever"

3.)but when u say: Sam said,"I have fever" u don't have any object to whom u are telling this, so u use said

4.)changing the above to statements into indirect form: "sam told chandru that he had fever" and " sam said that he had fever" respectively

i think these will help u to understand the concept behind the usage of following words..

Friends, Consider if clause.

3 cases:

1) If I study, I will pass the exam.

2) If I studied, I would pass the exam.

3) If I had studied, I would have passed the exam.

Our question is second type.

Answer::If he refused the offer, he would mind.

So option 3 is wrong formation.

In this context would is appropriate because WOULD is related to "HE" (other person's thought). And foucsed on his thought rather than own thought.

Ex: He said that he would mind if I refused his offer. (CORRECT).

I think he will mind if refuse his offer. (CORRECT).

@lalit: i agree with u lalit but "would" is used for uncertain conditions while "will" is used for certainity. so in the above statement there can be both "will" or "would". so please correct me if i am wrong!

Here WOULD I more appropriate as in this context WOULD justify and focus on HE (the other persons thought rather than own thought).

Ex: He said that he would mind if I refused his offer.

I think he will mind if I refuse his offer is correct.

No. It is refuse rather than refused and would is The Present Unreal Conditional which is used to talk about what you would generally do in imaginary situations.

"he would mind". We are talking about a future situation,

In that case shouldn't it be "I refuse his offer".

What say?

Friends I have one confusion. May I know where I use 'said' and where I use told. Is 'said to' and told or the same?

B is right. He said, "he will mind if I refuse his offer".

He said that he would mind if I refused his offer".

"Will" is used when we talk about the future, promises or offer.

"Would" is used when we talk about past.