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  2. Indirect speech - Wikipedia

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    Some examples of changes in form in indirect speech in English are given below. See also Sequence of tenses, and Uses of English verb forms § Indirect speech. It is raining hard. She says that it is raining hard. (no change) [4] She said that it was raining hard. (change of tense when the main verb is past tense) I have painted the ceiling blue.

  3. Style (form of address) - Wikipedia

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    [1] Address forms or address terms are social oriented and expose the social relationship of interlocutors. Maloth explains "when we address a person we should use suitable term depending on the appropriate situation where we are in". [2] Moreover social situations determine the use of a suitable address form for a person.

  4. Uses of English verb forms - Wikipedia

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    For further details, and information about other grammatical and lexical changes that take place in indirect speech, see indirect speech and sequence of tenses. For related passive constructions (of the type it is said that and she is said to), see English passive voice § Passive constructions without an exactly corresponding active.

  5. Free indirect speech - Wikipedia

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    Free indirect discourse can be described as a "technique of presenting a character's voice partly mediated by the voice of the author". In the words of the French narrative theorist Gérard Genette, "the narrator takes on the speech of the character, or, if one prefers, the character speaks through the voice of the narrator, and the two instances then are merged". [1]

  6. Latin indirect speech - Wikipedia

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    The most common type of indirect speech is indirect statement, for which in classical Latin (although not in medieval Latin) the usual grammatical form is the accusative and infinitive construction. In this the subject of the quoted sentence is put into the accusative case, and the verb is changed to an infinitive.

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  9. Dialogue in writing - Wikipedia

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    When significant or dramatic events are happening, dialogue can be written in direct quotation. Otherwise, speech can either be summarized as part of the narrative or written as indirect speech which is useful to get to the core of a scene. [2] In The Craft of Writing (1979), American writer of fantasy and science fiction William Sloane wrote: