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21 Mohammad Mahfooz Hussainsee%u2019, %u2018you know%u2019, %u2018mind you,%u2019 %u2018you must admit.%u2019 etc. just to introduce a sentence are usually dropped in the indirect speech.Direct IndirectThe teacher said, %u201cWell, we are going to discuss the fourth chapter.%u201dThe teacher said that they/we were going to discuss the fourth chapter.My friend said, %u201cOkay, I'll see you tomorrow.%u201dMy friend said that she would see me the next day.The guide said to us, %u201cNow, follow me.%u201dThe guide asked us to follow him.She said to me, %u201cTo tell you frankly, I don't want to talk to him.%u201dShe told me that she didn't want to talk to him.The man said, %u201cYou know, I havenothing to do now.%u201dThe man said that he had nothing to do then.Her father said to her, %u201cYou see, you are now grown up and you will have to make your own decision.%u201dHer father told her that she was then grown up and she would have to make her own decision.Case %u2013 16: Handling \If a narration has %u2018Yes%u2019 or %u2018No%u2019 in it then during conversion replace %u201cYes%u201dwith %u201cReplied in the affirmative%u201d and %u201cNo%u201d with %u201cReplied in the negative%u201d.Direct IndirectAlam said, %u201cYes, I have finished the work.%u201dAlam replied in the affirmative and said that he had finished the work.Sehrish said, %u201cNo, I will not play.%u201d Sehrish replied in the negative and said that she would not play.