[General] Usage of a direct speech

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Can I use a direct speech in the texts of scientific style?
 
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Why would you want to? Direct speech is not a normal feature of academic writing, but there may be reasons to quote someone speaking, but that would generally be as a quote rather than direct speech.
 
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