Question

He said " would that I had been a principal of this school." indirect​

Answer 1

He said that he would be had been principle of that school

Answer 2

Question:-

He said ,"Would That I had been a principle of this school. "Indirect.

Answer:-

Hello dear user, your question is already in indirect speech.

Direct speech:- He said , "Will I had been a principle of that school."

Indirect speech:- He said would that I had been a principle of this school.

Explanation:-

An action or information can be expressed in a sentence.

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The actual meaning of the sentence with punctuation is called Direct speech.

Ex:- He said , "I am busy now."

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The meaning of the substance of speakers words in the sentence is called Indirect speech.

Ex:- He said that he was busy then.

General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech:-

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.

• The capital letter with inverted commas will not remain capital in indirect speech.

• While changing we have to be aware of Verb.

• An affirmative sentence/simple sentence use that as a linker.

• While changing the speech the tense is changed.

• Pronoun should be changed according to the sense of speech.

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