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INDIRECT OR REPORTED SPEECH2 5359478256028353169
INDIRECT OR REPORTED SPEECH
There are two ways of reporting what a person said.
1) Direct;
2) Indirect.
In direct speech we report the original speaker’s exact words.
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I have lost my phone.
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He said: “I have lost my phone”.
Repeated remarks must be placed between inverted commas. A comma or colon must be placed immediately
before the remarks.
In indirect speech we give an exact meaning of a remark or a speech without necessary using the speaker’s exact
words.
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He said he had lost his phone.
When we turn direct speech into indirect some changes are usually necessary.
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