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Sentence #1027225

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 Pfirsichbaeumchen Pfirsichbaeumchen December 19, 2017 December 19, 2017 at 7:08:51 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

has → had?

AlanF_US AlanF_US December 19, 2017 December 19, 2017 at 10:33:01 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

All of these would be fine:

Tom admitted that he always had trouble...
Tom admitted that he always has trouble...
Tom admitted that he has always had trouble...
Tom admitted that he had always had trouble...

In English, the tense used to indicate when the utterance was produced does not need to match the tense within the utterance.

This page (near the bottom):

https://www.ef.edu/english-reso...ported-speech/

says something similar:

"You do not need to change the tense if ... the original statement was about something that is still true, e.g.
...
We explained that it is very difficult to find our house."

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Tom admitted that he always has trouble remembering names.

added by CK, August 6, 2011
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linked by duran, November 9, 2011
➜ #1990740Tom admitió que siempre tiene problemas para recordar nombres.

linked by marcelostockle, November 8, 2012
➜ #4186759Tom gestand ein, dass er sich immer damit schwertue, sich Namen zu merken.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, December 19, 2017
➜ #7183811Tom admitted he always has trouble remembering names.

linked by CK, September 19, 2018