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Default Re: Some questions about Reported speech

OK. Let's look at the first one.
Quote:
Originally Posted by suteja
1) He said,"Isn't she happy?"
If I follow the rules, then I write in reported speech as:
He asked if she was not happy.
But somehow it didn't appear correct.
Right, it's incorrect. Consider this, he doesn't know if she is happy or unhappy. He doesn't know the answer, so

Ex: He questioned whether she was happy or not.

Does that help?
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