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the boy said,"where can i by a pen?"

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Answered by Chirpy
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The boy said, "Where can I buy a pen?"
by is wrong usage, here buy means paying and getting a pen.

The sentence can also be written in reported speech as:
The boy asked where he could buy a pen.
Answered by sharinkhan
1
The sentence is using the wrong word BY. The correct word should be BUY. the meaning of this words stands appropriate with the sentence mentioned. It means to purchase something. So the sentence will be 

The boy said,"Where can I buy a pen?"

Other grammar mistakes has also been eliminated 
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