Indirect speech 間接引語
"Hello! I am a student from China. I have a question about indirect speech. Would you please tell me which of the sentences is right? a) He asked me what was the matter. b) He asked me what the matter was. Thank you so much. "
Zeng Chenxiao
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在日常生活中我們經常需要引述別人的話或轉告一件事，這就涉及到間接引語的使用問題了。
Zeng Chenxiao 列舉的第一句話，表達不正確，錯就錯在沒有把疑問詞和動詞進行有效的轉換。當我們把What’s the matter? 這句問話轉換為一個陳述句時，就要說 He asked me what the matter was。請試試看，能不能把以下四句話從直接引語轉換為間接引語，再從間接引語轉回到直接引語呢？
What – What is her name? He asked me what her name was.
How – How can I find her number? He asked me how he could find her number.
Where – Where am I going to meet her? He asked me where he was going to meet her.
When – When can you finish the job? He asked me when I could finish the job.
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