reported speech
indirect speech

It is important that news stories should be in reported speech.

Or you can use reported speech: Paul said that he was feeling ill.

It was also used as a conditional mood and in reported speech.

Finally, do remember that all news stories should be in reported speech; and as such pay attention to tenses.

However, most of the other references are to reported speech that is preserved in the Bible.

In reported speech the verb usually changes to the past (were, closed etc.).

The above example also shows how reported speech may carry over into a second sentence without any reinforcing signal.

You use reported speech: C Jenny said that her parents were very well.

You use reported speech: She asked if (or whether) I was willing to travel.

This is similar to reported speech in English.

Examples of human languages that use it include Tamil particularly in reported speech and passive voice.

Andrew's own reported speech, like most of his narration, is in London English.

The directives had no application to parliamentary proceedings or elections and allowed reported speech.

It will not just teach learners how to form the passive or reported speech, but also when and how to use them.

Reported speech - Units 47-48 50.1 Make a new sentence from the question in brackets.

Her wit was of the spontaneous, topical, punning kind, which does not convert to reported speech.

This is a tabloid device, and is why the style book specifies the use of reported speech in news stories.

The sample pages opposite show the treatment of a common grammar problem for learners of English: questions in reported speech.

In a widely reported speech in October 1962, he took issue with government attacks on "big business" simply because it was big.

A quotative is grammatical device to mark reported speech in some languages.

Similarly, in reported speech we should use "had" instead of "has" as in "but nothing had been done".

Without care, it is easy when putting a subject's words into reported speech to render his or her claims and opinions into statements of fact.

This could be the case with Valerie's reported speech in D-2 and D-4:

I like the way you've got it to sound like a court report, especially where you've used the reported speech for the Judge and Jury.

Compare direct speech and reported speech: You met Jenny.