Question

it said ," you are a bit of all right ,old chap "​

Answer 1

Is it a question or a statement.

Answer 2

$\huge{\mathtt{\purple{A}\green{N}\pink{S}\blue{W}\purple{E}\green{R}\pink{!}\blue{!}}}$

Addressing him as old chap, it said that he was a bit of all right.

Extra Information :

(1) Inverted commas are removed when we convert from direct to indirect speech.

(2) The comma separating the reporting verb from the direct speech is omitted in indirect speech.

(3) The reported speech is introduced by conjunctions like that.

(4) The reporting verb changes according to the sense conveyed by the sentence.

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