Question

The holy man said, " May peace prevail " . ( change the narration)​

Answer 1

The narration can be changed as follows:

The holy man said that peace might prevail.

Direct/Indirect speech

• In a direct narration, the actual words of a person are used.
• In indirect narration, second person depicts what the first person said and not the actual words of the first person are use in indirect conversations.
• Direct narration of a person are written in inverted commas.
• No inverted commas are used in indirect narration.