Is there such thing as a double reported speech?
I told her that you told me that you won’t come to class tomorrow.
Here, I want to report to a friend that I reported her words to someone else, but I’m not sure if this “double reporting” is possible and how I would phrase the sentence above.
Answer
That is a valid sentence and represents this sequence of actions:
- You told me you won’t come to class.
- I told her what you said.
- I am telling you now about event #2.
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : jess , Answer Author : Wally
