RULES GOVERNING THE CONVERSION OF DIRECT SPEECH TO INDIRECT SPEECH
Seven cardinal principles (or changes) governing the conversion of direct speech to the indirect speech are: Verb changes. Pronoun changes. Adverb changes. Adjective changes. Structural changes. Punctuation/mechanical changes. Vocative changes. VERB CHANGES a) If the reporting verb in the…
SENTENCE PARTS
THE SUBJECT AND THE PREDICATE Notably, every sentence may be divided grammatically into two broad parts: Subject and Predicate. The subject may be a noun or a noun-equivalent, a noun phrase or a noun clause. The predicate embraces the verb…