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Direct and Reported Speech (El estilo directo y indirecto)
Cuando queremos comunicar o informar de lo que otra persona ha dicho, hay dos maneras de hacerlo: utilizando el estilo directo o el estilo indirecto.

Direct Speech (El estilo directo)

Cuando queremos informar exactamente lo que otra persona ha dicho, utilizamos el estilo directo. Con este estilo lo que la persona ha dicho se colocaentre comillas y deberá ser palabra por palabra.
• Ejemplos:
• I am going to London next week, she said.
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"I am going to London next week," she said.("Voy a Londres la semana que viene," ella dijo.)
• Do you have a pen I could borrow, he asked.
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"Do you have a pen I could borrow," he asked. ("Tienes un bolígrafo que puedas prestarme," él preguntó.)
•Alice said, I love to dance.
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Alice said, "I love to dance." (Alice dijo, "Me encanta bailar.")
• Chris asked, Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow night?
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Chris asked, "Would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow night?" (Chris preguntó, "Te gustaría cenar conmigo mañana por la noche?")

Reported Speech (El estilo indirecto)

El estilo indirecto,a diferencia del estilo directo, no utiliza las comillas y no necesita ser palabra por palabra. En general, cuando se usa el estilo indirecto, el tiempo verbal cambia. A continuación tienes un explicación de los cambios que sufren los tiempos verbales.
A veces se usa "that" en las frases afirmativas y negativas para introducir lo que ha dicho la otra persona. Por otro lado, en las frasesinterrogativas se puede usar "if" o "whether".
|Direct Speech |Reported Speech |
|Present Simple |Past Simple |
|He's American she said. |She said he was American.|
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|"He's American" she said. |She said he was American. |
|I'm happy to see you, Mary said. |Mary said that she was happy tosee me. |
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|"I'm happy to see you", Mary said. |Mary said that she was happy to see me. |
|He asked, Are you busy tonight? |He asked me if I was busy tonight.|
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|He asked, "Are you busy tonight?" |He asked me if I was busy tonight. |
|Present Continuous |Past Continuous|
|Dan is living in San Francisco, she said. |She said Dan was living in San Francisco. |
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|"Dan is living in San Francisco," she said. |She said Dan was living in San Francisco.|
|He said, I'm making dinner. |He told me that he was making dinner. |
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|He said, "I'm making dinner" |He told me that he was making dinner....