Assertion: tense | /r/HasProperty | shifted
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text: In some languages the tense tends to be "shifted back", so that what was originally spoken in the present tense is reported using the past tense (since what was in the present at the time of the original sentence is in the past relative to the time of reporting).
text: In English, an attracted sequence of tenses (backshifting) is often used in indirect speech and similar contexts.