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Keith Baltazar 6661 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Reported Speech.

Please.. I would like to know which reported speech is correct? or any better suggestions?

1). But months HAD GONE BY, we remained struggling. I felt hopeless and BECAME frustrated THAT I just wanted to quit the job.

2). But months HAD PASSED BY, we remained struggling. I felt hopeless and BECOME frustrated and just wanted to quit the job
  

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Keith Baltazar 6661 I would like to know which reported speech is correct? I don't see any reported speech in your sentences; no one is speaking! Anyway they are non-native.

  • Keith Baltazar 6661 I would like to know which reported speech is correct?
  • I don't see any reported speech in your sentences; no one is speaking!
  • Anyway they are non-native.
  • But months had gone/passed by, and we continued to struggle.
  • I felt hopeless and became so frustrated that I just wanted to quit the job.
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Keith Baltazar 6661 I would like to know which reported speech is correct?
I don't see any reported speech in your sentences; no one is speaking! Anyway they are non-native.

But months had gone/passed by, and we continued to struggle. I felt hopeless and became so frustrated that I just wanted to quit the job.
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Keith Baltazar 6661which reported speech
There is no reported speech.

Here is direct speech:
Yesterday, Kyle said to me, "I feel hopeless and I have become so frustrated that I want to quit my job."

Here is reported speech:

Yesterday, Kyle told me that he felt ..... (you can complete the ideas in the direct speech above.)

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