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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Reported speech of orders without object

Mary: "Open the window".
Reported speech: Mary said to open the window.

Does the sentence in reported speech sound ok to a native speaker?

Doesn't it require an indirect object?

1. Mary told us/somebody to open the window

2. Mary told to open the window.

Thanks.
  

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Anonymous Does the sentence in reported speech sound ok to a native speaker? Yes. Anonymous Doesn't it require an indirect object?

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Does the sentence in reported speech sound ok to a native speaker?
  • Yes.
  • Anonymous Doesn't it require an indirect object?
  • If you use 'tell', it does.
  • So don't use 'tell'.
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AnonymousDoes the sentence in reported speech sound ok to a native speaker?
Yes.
AnonymousDoesn't it require an indirect object?
If you use 'tell', it does. So don't use 'tell'.
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