Among these may be mentioned the uses of shall and will, should and would, the infinitive and the infinitive clause, conditional sentences, indirect discourse, and the combination of clauses in sentences of different kinds.
When the substance of the thought is given in slightly different form, we have an indirect quotation, or indirect discourse, in which no quotation marks are used.
In indirect discourse, when the subject of the principal clause is different from the noun clause, the usage is like that in direct statement, for example, The teacher says that James will win the medal.
How are should and would used in subordinate clauses, in indirect discourse?
How are shall and will used in indirect discourse?
Indirect discourse may be of two kinds:-- (1) Following the thoughts and also the exact words as far as consistent with the rules of logical sequence of verbs.
From these illustrations will be readily seen the grammatical changes made in transferring from direct to indirect discourse.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "indirect discourse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
