| 单词 | reporting verb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreporting verb reporting verb n. Grammar any of a class of verbs conveying the action of speaking and used with both direct and indirect speech. ΚΠ 1867 C. P. Mason Analyt. Lat. Exercises xliii. 114 In the above passage, in which the person denoted by the reporting verb is the same as the original speaker, what change is made in the words of the first person? 1981 Lang. 57 11 ‘Reporting verbs’ like say, explain, and declare can occur in initial position in declarative sentences. 2006 R. Ribes & P. R. Ros Med. Eng. ii. 39 The reporting verb (said in the examples below) can come before or after the reported clause. < as lemmas |
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