can you explain major rules of direct and indirect speech?
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b) Indirect: He says/will say he is unwell. The Tense in Indirect Speech is NOT CHANGED if the words within the quotation marks talk of a universal truth or habitual action. a) Direct: They said, “We cannot live without water.” b) Indirect: They said that we cannot live without water.
Answer:
There is a common type that in direct speech we must write the person first and next the content was he done or spoken but in indirect speech we must write the content or what he have done first and who is the person the second.
Explanation :
Direct speech
Direct speech means if there is a sentence and timid it is directly written who said the first part of the sentences and second they content what he said.
Example
Rohan said . "where were you all gone" ?
Indirect speech
Indirect speech means if there is a sentence and if it is directly written the first part of the sentences will be the content he spoken and second will be who said that content.
Example
" Where were you all gobe" , Rohan said.