Direct & Indirect Speech

Direct speech is a form of sentence which is used to restate the words from the other without changing the form & pattern of it's sentence.

Example : Tadakatsu Honda said, "i have done my war here."

Indirect speech is a form of sentence which is used to restate the words from the other by changing the form & pattern of it's sentence, adapt to current condition when we retelling that words.

Verb tense changes also characterize other situations using indirect speech. With indirect speech, the use of that is optional.

Example : Tadakatsu Honda said that he had done his war there.