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Kingston123 Posted 9 years ago
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I want ask somebody name in indirect speech.

What is your name? - direct speech.

I want to ask somebody's name in indirect speech, how to do so?

  

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kingston123What is your name? - direct speech.

Indirect speech: 'I asked what his (her) name was.'

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kingston123I want to ask somebody's name in indirect speech

You can't actually ask somebody's name in indirect speech. You can only use indirect speech to report what you heard, as when you heard someone ask for another person's name.

You hear this: "What's your name?" (Steve was speaking to Marilyn.)
Later you report: Steve aske

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