QUOTED SPEECH STATEMENTS

Use a word such as SAID to restate something someone says. Use a command after SAID. Include the quote in quotation marks. If SAID “ interrupts” the quotation, use a command before SAID.

MAIN CLAUSE	STATEMENT
HE SAID	“IT’S RAINING HERE”
HE SAID	“IT WAS RAINING HERE, BUT IT’S NOT NOW”
HE REPLIED	“I’IL MEET YOU AT THIS CAFE TOMORROW”
HE DECLARED	“THAT UMBRELLA IS MINE”

REPORTED SPEECH STATEMENTS

When we restate what someone has said, we place the quoted words within another clause. (we subordinate the clause within a main clause.) the quoted speech adjusts to the time and location of the main sentence. The pronoun, verb tense and adverbs adjust to the speaker’s point of view. A subordinator marker THAT, is optionally included.

MAIN CLAUSE	SUBORDINATE CLAUSE: REPORED SPEECH
HE SAID	(THAT) IT WAS RAINING THERE.
HE SAID	(THAT) IT HAD BEEN RAINING THERE, but it wasn’t now.
HE REPLIED	(THAT) HE WOULD MEET ME AT THAT CAFE THE NEXT DAY.

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