reported speech

googl · Post by **googl** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 1:07 pm

Dear Alan,

could You tell me some rules about making reported speech with things like 'Hello', 'Goodbye', 'Happy Birthday', 'Alas' or similar statements?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:26 am

There's no problem at all: "He said 'hello'" etc.

Did you have some other kind of sentence in mind?

googl · Post by **googl** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:47 am

I meant 'reported speech'

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:19 am

Words such as 'hello' do not change in reported speech, so I'm having difficulty understanding your question.

Could you be more specific?

googl · Post by **googl** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:00 pm

Dear Alan,

do You mean that exclaimations like 'hello' 'good-bye' or anything does not change in reported speech?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:55 am

Yes, that's exactly what I mean!