reported speech
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (grammar, narratology) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.
- If we were to change "Fred says, 'I will do the housework'" into reported speech it would become "Fred said that he would do the housework."
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a form of speech used to express what another has said
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