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Teal lime Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Jim said, "I want to buy a new house".

Is it okay to report the sentence in brackets in the following way?

Jim said, "I want to buy a new house".

Thank you

  

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Yes, the sentence is fine. Those are not brackets; they're quotation marks.

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  • Yes, the sentence is fine.
  • Those are not brackets; they're quotation marks.
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Yes, the sentence is fine. Those are not brackets; they're quotation marks.

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If you put the full stop before the last quotation mark, the sentence is correct English. It's not what is called indirect/reported speech, though, and I don't know whether it is in keeping with your teacher's instructions.

CB

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