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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Please, punctuate

More than half of the obese students answered with yes they are overeating and about 47% answered with no.
  

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Can you try first, please? HINT: Think about what can be said in the form of direct speech. Clive

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Can you try first, please?

HINT: Think about what can be said in the form of direct speech.

Clive
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More than half of the obese students answered "Yes,we are overeating", and about 47%answered "no".
My problem is that I find "we" strange and sounds odd, don't know why though.Also, I'm proofreading the text for someone else so I try not to change a lot .
Hopefully, you can help me punctuate it as it is....
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More than half of the obese students answered "Yes, we are overeating", and about 47%answered "No".
My problem is that I find "we" strange and sounds odd, don't know why though. It's fine.
Also, I'm proofreading the text for someone else so I try not to change a lot .
Hopefully, you can help me punctuate it as it i
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I think the sentence I used in my question is the indirect form, am I right?
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As for the direct speech,
should I use "with" after answered for the sentence to be : They answered with " Yes" ...
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Words like "yes" and "no" are direct speech, and need to be paraphrased in indirect speech.

eg More than half of the obese students agreed that they were overeating, and about 47% answered that they were not.

Clive
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You don't need answered with.
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