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Reported speech
noun
Word Frequency:
0.2
Definitions
1.
noun
(grammar) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.
"If we were to change "Fred says, 'I will do the housework'" into reported speech it would become "Fred said that he would do the housework.""
Synonyms
indirect speech
backshift
recast
shadowing
renarration
transcriptese
retroscripting
autoecholalia
retelling
re-recording
gerundization
rescript
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