"Shall" and "should" in reported speech

Asked Sep 14 '14 at 15:49

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I've been told that will becomes would in reported speech, e.g.:

She said she would help me.

(I.e. in the past she said the phrase "I will help you")

What about shall and should, then? By the reasoning above shall should become should (no pun intended). Is this so? Also, what does should become in reported speech? Is it grammatically correct to say something like the following:

Mark said Anna should not do this.

(I.e. in the past Mark said the phrase "Anna should not do this")

Should this "should" really become "shall"? If so, it seems to contradict the reasoning above... I'm at a loss here.

asked Sep 14 '14 at 15:49

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Related: http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/13370/modal-verbs-in-reported-speech?rq=1 – Jim Sep 14 '14 at 16:35
@Jim, so my question is a downright duplicate, I'd say:) Should I delete the question or leave it as it is? – user132181 Sep 14 '14 at 17:12
Does the other answer your question to your satisfaction? – Jim Sep 14 '14 at 17:34
@Jim it indeed does. – user132181 Sep 14 '14 at 17:35
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Ok then we can close this as a duplicate. – Jim Sep 14 '14 at 17:36

"Shall" and "should" in reported speech

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