Informe De Ingles

• Definition of Reported Speech.

In traditional grammar, reported speech is generally used as a synonym for indirect speech (in which the original speaker's thoughts are conveyed without using the speaker's exact words) as opposed to direct speech (in which the original speaker's words are quoted verbatim). However, some linguists have challenged the validity of this distinction.

Reported Speech (also called Indirect Speech) is used to communicate what someone else said, but without using the exact words. A few changes are necessary; often a pronoun has to be changed and the verb is usually moved back a tense, where possible.

• Definition of Direct Speech

Direct or quoted speech is a sentence (or several sentences) that reports speech or thought in its original form, as phrased by the original speaker.[1] It is usually enclosed in quotation marks. The cited speaker is either mentioned in the implied. Direct speech is quoted speech that is presented without modification, as it might have been uttered by the original speaker.

- Examples

1. She said, "Today's lesson is on presentations."

2. "Today's lesson is on presentations", she said.

3. Miguel said, "It's raining."

"It's raining," he thought.

4. "It's cold outside," he said, "and it's starting to rain."

5. "How is the weather?" — "It's cold outside." — "Yes, and it's starting to rain."

• Definition of Indirect Speech

Indirect speech, also called reported speech or indirect discourse, is a means of expressing the content of statements, questions or other utterances, without quoting them explicitly as is done in direct speech. For example, He said "I'm coming" is direct speech, whereas He said he was coming is indirect speech. Indirect speech should not be confused with indirect speech acts.

In terms of grammar, indirect speech often makes use of certain syntactic structures such as content clauses ("that" clauses, such as (that) he was coming), and sometimes infinitive phrases. References to questions in indirect speech frequently take the form of interrogative content clauses, also called indirect questions (such as whether he was coming).

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