様(よう)に言(い)うTo tell, request, or order to do (in such a way)

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  Luminiscental

  I think the example sentence

  誰もママに何も言わないように頼んだがバレてしまった。

  should have a comma after the が, so that in quizzes it’s clear that it isn’t meant to be the subject marking particle which would suggest nominalization is required. Compare

  誰もママに何も言わないように頼んだことがバレてしまった。

  with

  誰もママに何も言わないように頼んだが、バレてしまった。

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  FredKore

  from the description section…
  As ようにいう means ‘to be said in the way of (A) being done’, it is regularly…

  @Fuga This translation uses passive voice where it doesn’t need it.
  Suggested update:
  As ようにいう means 'to say in a way to do (A)'
  Or, ‘to say in a way that (A) happens’
  言う = to say
  言われる = to be said, it is said (passive tense)

  Like in the example sentence:
  卵を買うように言ったはずだ。
  I most definitely told you to pick up some eggs.
  (it’s not: It definitely was said that eggs were to be picked up.)

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  balzua

  Hi, in the example sentence

  弁護士が犯人に警察に話さないように言う。

  The translation given is:

  The lawyer told the criminal to not talk to the police. (To tell them in a way that ‘not talking to the police’ is the focus)

  My question is, why is the English translation in past tense when the sentence uses 言う and not 言った? Is there some nuance to this around using the non-past form? Otherwise I would have interpret it as "the lawyer will tell or tells the criminal not to talk to the police.

  Thanks!