Nanu1
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In indirect speech it is more common for the reporting clause to come first. When the reporting clause is first, we don’t put a comma between the reporting clause and the reported clause.
She told me they had left her without any money.
NOT: She told me, they had left her without any money.
If we use "that", the sentence becomes: She told me that they had left her without any money.
NOT: She told me, that they had left her without any money.
When the reporting clause comes after the reported clause, we use a comma to separate the two parts:
They had left her without any money, She told me.
My doubt: Shall we use "that" in the beginning of reported clause?
That they had left her without any money, She told me.
She told me they had left her without any money.
NOT: She told me, they had left her without any money.
If we use "that", the sentence becomes: She told me that they had left her without any money.
NOT: She told me, that they had left her without any money.
When the reporting clause comes after the reported clause, we use a comma to separate the two parts:
They had left her without any money, She told me.
My doubt: Shall we use "that" in the beginning of reported clause?
That they had left her without any money, She told me.