It will be further noticed that in changing the above Direct Speech into Indirect speech, certain changes have been made. In Indirect Speech we do not use the inverted commas. It will be noticed that in Direct Speech, we use inverted commas to mark off the exact words of the speaker. Indirect: He said that his mother was writing letter.Direct : He said, “ my mother is writing letter.".Indirect: Clinton said that he was very busy then.Direct: Clinton said, “I am very busy now.".This method is called Indirect Speech or Reported Speech. We may report what he said without quoting his exact words. We may quote the actual words of the speaker. We may report the words of a speaker in two ways. In this section, We are going to see How the conversion of Direct to Indirect Speech and Indirect to Direct Speech is done?
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