
AE 402: If Clauses, Direct vs Indirect Speech, So vs Too, & More - Live Class
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How to Transform Direct Speech Into Indirect Speech
I asked her, do you live here? How would you convert that into reported speech? And it starts with, I asked her, if, and then I finish the sentence. Is someone reporting what's being said, or is someone quoting the words? Liam is now out of it. All right, let's do another example. She asked me if I wanted to go on a date with her. That's indirect speech. To turn this into direct speech, we have to say she asked me, comma, quote, mark,. Do you want to goon a date with me? Quote. So that's the direct speech you're quotingSomeone. You can use casual English informal English ways
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