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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Reported answers
Could you please tell me what are the common ways of transforming the answer "Yes" into reported speech? E.g. I asked, "Do you have any job now?" He answered, "Yes".
What is the best way of transforming this into reported speech?
I asked him if he had any job. He answered in the affirmative. - is this variant of transformation all right?
What is the best way of transforming this into reported speech?
I asked him if he had any job. He answered in the affirmative. - is this variant of transformation all right?
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He said that he had. He answered in the affirmative is correct , but rather stuffy, Many people would just say, "He said yes".
- He said that he had.
- He answered in the affirmative is correct , but rather stuffy, Many people would just say, "He said yes".
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He said that he had.
He answered in the affirmative is correct, but rather stuffy,
Many people would just say, "He said yes".
He answered in the affirmative is correct, but rather stuffy,
Many people would just say, "He said yes".
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