REPORTED CLAUSE


Meaning of REPORTED CLAUSE in English

(~s)

A ~ is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in ‘She said that she was hungry’, ‘she was hungry’ is a ~. (BRIT)

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