WHY BOTH DIRECT SPEECH AND DIRECT REPORTED SPEECH MAKE USE OF INVERTED COMMAS - English - Reported Speech

Question

WHY BOTH DIRECT SPEECH AND DIRECT REPORTED SPEECH MAKE USE OF
INVERTED COMMAS

Amrita Hazra · Accepted Answer

Reported speech uses the word 'that'
most of the times instead of inverted commas Inverted commas are
always used in direct speech For understanding the concept of
reported speech in detail you can follow the mentioned link:

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WHY BOTH DIRECT SPEECH AND DIRECT REPORTED SPEECH MAKE USE OF INVERTED COMMAS.