reported speech
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The acronym may still be used in reported speech and official documents but will usually be accompanied by an explanation i.e. specific information on a particular ethnic group not being available.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2021
In general use dialogue rather than reported speech.
From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2019
Extended paragraphs of reported speech, not to mention exhaustive descriptions of the characters' outfits, add to the impression of a book written primarily as an outline for a television series.
From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2012
Plenty of reported speech means Jack's task as storyteller is not as onerous as it might be, and for much of the time we simply watch the action unfold in dialogue.
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2010
The ordinary reader sees in the reported speech nothing which would provoke admiration or alarm in anybody were it attributed to any one who had remained obscure.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
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