Question

Richard said I must attend the meeting​

Answer 1

Richard said that he must attend the meeting​. This is indirect narration.

What is direct and indirect narration?

• There are two types of narration: Direct and indirect
• In direct narration, the original content remains the same without any change.
• The reported speech is quoted in inverted commas.
• The indirect speech contains the narration as coming from a third person and the conjunction 'that' is used.
• As per narration rules, must remain unchanged.