Question

what is reported speech​

Answer 1

In linguistics, indirect speech is a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it. For example, the English sentence Jill said she was coming is indirect discourse while Jill said "I'm coming" would be direct discourse.

Answer 2

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Reported speech is when we talk about what somebody else said – for example: Direct Speech: “I've been to London three times.” Reported Speech: She said she'd been to London three times.