Question

Arjun said "we never ditch our friends” change narration

Answer 1

Arjun said that they were never ditched by their friends.

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→ Speeches:

There are two types of speeches:

✳ Direct Speech:

In direct speech, the exact conversation between two people is denoted using the correct punctuation marks. The words spoken must be exactly noted without any change.

✳ Indirect Speech

Also known as reported speech, in indirect speech, we are reporting a conversation to someone else. Usually, past tense is used in indirect speech along with minute changes in words used. There is no need of punctuation marks.

Examples:

Radha told Sheela, “We are not friends anymore.” ----- Direct Speech

Radha told Sheela that they were not friends anymore. ----- Indirect Speech.