Question

9. Change the following into indirect speech :
a. She said, "Education is the third eye of man."​

Answer 1

Answer:

She said that Education is the third eye of man

Explanation:

Only that will come as it is universal truth

Answer 2

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She said that education is the third eye of man.

Explanation ↴

The given sentence is a general truth and we know that when the direct speech indicates a general truth or universal truth and also a continuing habitual action, the tense form of the direct speech will not be changed, even if the reporting verb is in simple past.

Example ↴

The teacher said, "Man is mortal." [Direct Speech]

=> The teacher said that man is mortal. [Indirect Speech]

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