1. Change punctuation: remove colons and quotation marks indicating direct speech. Please use commas instead.
2. Change personal pronouns: for example, change "I" to "he". The prompt "you" is changed to the recipient.
3. According to the meaning of the sentence, change individual words or a few words in some sentences.
4. Indirect speech should be declarative tone.
A quotation refers to a sentence that quotes words or words from others or other sources in an article or paragraph. Citation is usually used to support or strengthen the author's views or arguments, or to provide others' views or opinions. The quotation can be a direct quotation, that is, directly copy and paste other people's words or words into an article and enclose them in quotation marks.
It can be indirect speech, that is, summarizing or explaining other people's words or words in your own language, and indicating the source in the article. Quotations are often used in academic papers, news reports, legal documents and other texts, because quotations can increase the credibility and persuasiveness of articles and avoid plagiarism and infringement of other people's intellectual property rights.
Reporting refers to the expression sentence that turns direct narration into indirect narration. After the angle is changed to description, personal pronouns will also change. Quoting refers to directly quoting others' words, and reporting refers to reporting others' words. Therefore, when the quoted sentence becomes a transitive sentence, the first person "I" of the speaker should be changed to the third person "he" or "she".
Features of quotation:
The sentences quoted by 1. need to be enclosed in quotation marks to show the difference from other sentences.
2. The contents of the quoted sentence must be completely consistent with the original sentence, including punctuation, spelling and grammatical structure.
3. The source should be indicated in the quotation so that readers can verify it. Citation can be used to explain the source of facts or opinions and help readers understand the article better.
4. Quotation can be direct quotation or indirect quotation. Citation can be used to support your own point of view and increase the credibility of the article.