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Hanuman_2000 Posted 19 years ago
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0Hello,02br
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001. He said, ' You are naughty."02br
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00The indirect speech for the above would 02br
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00a) He said that we were naughty.02br
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00b) He said that they were naughty.02br
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00Which one is correct (a or b)? What is the rule?0-
  

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0Interesting, Hanuman. No rule, I think; in which case, you could also use 01i00he02i00 and 01i00she02i00-- but I suppose the teacher would expect 01b01i00I02i02b00.0-
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0 It depends who he was talking to at the time of the direct speech.02br
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00 He said to us, "You are naughty."02br
00 He said that we were naughty.02br
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00 He said to me, "You are naughty."02br
00 He said that I was naughty.02br
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00 He said to them, "You are naughty."02br
00 He said
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0Hello,02br
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00"If no information is given about the person being spoken to "02br
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00I was reading a book. It says that change first person and second person pronoun into third person.02br
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00Is it not true?0-
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0I depends if the person was speaking to YOU or if you heard him speaking to someone ELSE. You can't apply that rule without knowing who was the recipient of the speech.02br
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00If he spoke to 01i00you02i00, it would be very strange to report this speech as "She said that 01i00he02i00 was naughty." You need to say "She said tha
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