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TEFL Resources ↓ The ICAL Grammar Guide Functions Sentences Reported Speech Direct Speech Direct Speech
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Saying exactly what someone has said is called Direct Speech (sometimes also called Quoted Speech)
What a person says appears within quotation marks and is exactly what that person says:
"Live long and prosper," said Spock.
Contrast this with Indirect Speech which is reporting what the person said at a later date:
Spock said we should live long and prosper.
