lomov:"if you like, I'll make you a present of them".(narration change)
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This question is on direct and indirect speech.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines "direct speech" as "When you use direct speech, you repeat what someone has said using exactly the words they used."
The given sentence 'Lomov : "If you like, I'll make you a present of them"' is in direct speech.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines "indirect speech" as "the act of reporting something that was said, but not using exactly the same words."
The given sentence correctly converted to indirect speech is :
Lomov said that if she liked he would make her a present of them.
Upon changing the mode of narration, the given sentence Lomov: “if you like, I’ll make you a present of them”.
Will go on like this. We often change mode of narration from direct to indirect speech and accordingly the sentence is changed.
Here is the example.
He asked to lomov that if he like he will make him a present of them.