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Reported speech
The document discusses direct and indirect speech. Direct speech uses quotation marks to report the exact words spoken, while indirect speech reports the general idea without quotation marks. Several rules are provided for changing verbs and other elements like pronouns, adverbs of time and place when changing from direct to indirect speech. Examples are given demonstrating how to apply these rules to change direct quotations into indirect reported speech. - View online for free
