She said to eat your dinner

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She said to eat your dinner.Does the sentence above mean that she ate somebody's dinner?

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She said to eat your dinner.
Does the sentence above mean that she ate somebody's dinner?

No, not at all. It's part of an interchange between three people that goes like this:

Laura [to Steve]:  Eat your dinner!
Steve [to JoAnn]:  What did Laura say?
JoAnn:  She said to eat your dinner.

So it's like "She told you that you should eat your dinner".

It's a way you can use to report a command.

"Get out of here!" > He said to get out of here.
"Hold on to the rail!" >  She said to hold on to the rail.
"Answer the question!" >  He said to answer the question.

CJ

She said to eat your dinner

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