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Kingston123 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Asked me where
Direct: Where is the Post Office, please?
Reported: She asked me where the Post Office was.
Why "that" is avoided before "where" in reported speech?
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Indirect speech is introduced by "that" when reporting a statement and not a question. Since you are reporting a question, you are introducing the indirect speech using the question word, where.
- Indirect speech is introduced by "that" when reporting a statement and not a question.
- Since you are reporting a question, you are introducing the indirect speech using the question word, where.
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Indirect speech is introduced by "that" when reporting a statement and not a question.
Since you are reporting a question, you are introducing the indirect speech using the question word, where.
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