Indirect speech

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hanuman_2000

#76490 Fri, 25 Feb 05 11:48 AM

Sir,

"don't forget to wear your life jacket", said the guide.(use "remind")

I have to covert the above sentence into indirect speech.

1. The guide reminded him not to forget to wear his life jacket.

2. The guide reminded him to wear his life jacket.

I have added "him" after the word reminded, I don't why?

Which one (1 or 2) is correct?

Thanks.

hanuman_2000

Joined on Thu, Aug 12 2004

INDIA

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pieanne

#76494 Fri, 25 Feb 05 12:02 PM

Hello!
Both are correct for me, although "reminded him not to forget" might seem a little redundant.
You were quite right when you added "him", we have to know who the guide reminded. Without it the sentence wouldn't have been correct.

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

South of France ...But I'm Belgian!

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

Mister Micawber

#76525 Fri, 25 Feb 05 01:45 PM

I agree with Pieanne on the awkwardness of the first sentence.

The 2nd person 'you' of the direct speech converts to the 3rd person 'him/his' of the reported speech (reported by a third party). It's kind of like looking at a TV image of a TV image of a TV image.