indirect speech

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reported speech
{i} speech that is not straight to the point, speech that is not forthright; words of another person reported to someone else but not using the exact words
Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, `They said you didn't like it', `I asked him what his plans were', and `Citizens complained about the smoke'. indirect discourse reported speech a way of reporting what someone said without repeating their exact words. For example, in the sentence 'Julia said that she didn't want to go', the clause 'that she didn't want to go' is indirect speech. Her actual words were 'I don't want to go'
free indirect speech
A style of indirect speech which imitates direct speech, converted to third-person
indirect speech

    Hyphenation

    in·di·rect speech

    Turkish pronunciation

    îndırekt spiç

    Pronunciation

    /əndərˈekt ˈspēʧ/ /ɪndɜrˈɛkt ˈspiːʧ/
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