Question
The jeweller said to us, "These diamonds are polished
here." In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.Solution
In reported speech, ‘these’ changes to ‘those’ and ‘here’ changed to ‘there’. So, option 2 is correct.
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