direct and indirect speech or reported speech???

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direct and indirect speech or reported speech???

OL1N3

direct and indirect speech or reported speech???

Dear friends,
can u help me to explain what the different between direct and indirect speech or reported speech? is there any different or just a different term???
i �m getting confuse, thankssss

12 Mar 2009

Heya,

it �s not just different terms, it �s different sentence structures. Direct speech is what I am saying, for example "I am happy." and indirect (reported) speech is when someone reports what somebody else said, for example: She said that she is happy. (if there �s no backshift) or She said that she was happy. (with backshift).

Check out a few web-pages with detailed explanation. One is:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech

One more:
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.htm

12 Mar 2009