Definition
Indirect speech is reported speech that is presented with grammatical modifications, rather than as it might have been uttered by the original speaker.
Examples
(English)
- Patrick Henry said to give him liberty or give him death.
Sources 3
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 1021, 1026, 1029
- Mish 1991, 614
- Crystal 1985, 516