A Question about Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
A Question about Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Direct speech-----Tom asked me,"What's the matter with you?"
Indirect speech-----Tom asked me what was the matter with me.
or Tom asked me what the matter was with me.
Which one is correct? And why?He asked me what was the matter. Is this sentence right? I saw it in my English book.
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"Tom asked me what the matter was with me" is correct because you're not asking a question. You only need to change the word order when asking a question.
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