Common reporting verbs | Grammaring
In the following chapters, you will find reporting verbs which can be used in indirect speech to express various meanings.
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A clause = subject + verb, at minimum. Subordinate conjunctions, relative pronouns, or relative adverbs will keep a clause from expressing a complete thought.