The giant said, "How selfish I have been!"
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The giant exclaimed in sorrow that he had been very selfish.
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In reporting a wish or an exclamation in the indirect speech:
1. The reporting verb say or tell is changed into wish, bless, pray, cry, exclaim, declare, confess,out, etc. with such phrases as with regret, with delight or joy with sorrow, where necessary.
2. The interjections and exclamations such as Oh, Well, Hurrah, Alas, Bravo, Curse it, are omitted their sense is expressed by means of suitable phrases.
3. The exclamatory form is changed into a statement and the note of exclamation is replaced by a full stop.
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