Hey everyone, today we're going to look at the difference between these two sentences:
He says it was an accident.
He claims it was an accident.
Do you know the difference in meaning between the two???
Don't worry you will! So when we report speech we can either use SAY or CLAIM.
Say is a neutral verb, and we use it to just report the information someone told us. It doesn't carry any sort of judgement of the information.
She said that she didn't break the vase.
Claim is used when we want to imply that we DON'T BELIEVE the speaker. We are highly skeptical about what we're told.
She claimed that she didn't break the vase. (but I don't believe her)
Any questions?
Phil
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