Question

He said,God rules and governs all things." change into indirect

Answer 1

I think the correct answer is "he said that God rules and governs all things

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Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

He said that God rules and governs all things.

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the statements spoken directly by the speaker. Indirect speech refers to the reported speech.

• In the given sentence, the subordinate speech is a universal fact. It is known that God governs all.

• Universal facts remain in the simple present tense even if the reporting verb is in the simple past tense.