7.59 referring to time

When reporting, you may need to change adjuncts of time such as 'today', 'yesterday', or 'next week'.

For example, if someone called Jill says 'I will come tomorrow', you could report this statement the following day as 'Jill said she would come today'. At a later time, you could report the same statement as 'Jill said she would come the next day' or 'Jill said she would come the following day'.

• We decided to leave the city the next day.
• I was afraid people might think I'd been asleep during the previous twenty-four hours.