Narration change:- "why don't you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice?" I asked my father
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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 is in direct speech.
Direct Speech : "Why don't you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice?" I asked my father.
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 :
Indirect Speech : I asked my father why he didn't say that to the people who came to him for help and advice.
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