But, it should be kept after other verbs: complain, explain, object, point out, protest etc. that can usually be omitted after say and tell + object. Direct speech is found in conversations in books, in plays and in quotations., In indirect speech we give the exact meaning of a remark or a speech, without necessarily using the, speaker’s exact words:, He said (that) he had lost his umbrella., There is no comma after say in indirect speech. INTRODUCTION, There are two ways of relating what a person has said: direct and indirect., In direct speech we repeat the original speaker’s exact words:, He said, “I have lost my umbrella.”, Remarks thus repeated are placed between inverted commas, and a comma is placed immediately before, the remark. ENGLISH GRAMMAR Reported Speech,, REPORTED SPEECH, DIRECT AND INDIRECT (OR REPORTED) SPEECH.
