indirect quotation
An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an…An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim.
Meaning
2 sensesAn utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim.
She relayed his words as an indirect quotation: she said, "He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken."
He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken; there are no quote marks in this sentence because it contains an indirect quotation.
A rate in foreign currency.
Forms
plural: indirect quotations| Singular | indirect quotation |
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