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R_dinesh Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

'that' in reported speech

Hi,

In the following example,both the sentences are seem to be correct.But can you tell me the importance of 'that' if any or can we ignore it.

He said he was cooking dinner.
He said that he was cooking dinner.

dinesh

  

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Hello Dinesh, and welcome to English forums. Here and in many cases that is optional.

  • Hello Dinesh, and welcome to English forums.
  • Here and in many cases that is optional.
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Hello Dinesh, and welcome to English forums.

Here and in many cases that is optional.

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