English Language · Direct and Indirect Speech
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The philosopher said, 'Man is a social animal, but were he to live in absolute solitude, he would soon lose his humanity.'
- 1The philosopher remarked that man is a social animal but if he had lived in absolute solitude, he would have lost his humanity.
- 2The philosopher stated that man is a social animal, but were he to live in absolute solitude, he would soon lose his humanity.✓
- 3The philosopher said that man was a social animal but were he to live in absolute solitude, he would soon lose his humanity.
- 4The philosopher said that man is a social animal but if he lived in absolute solitude, he would soon lose his humanity.
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The philosopher stated that man is a social animal, but were he to live in absolute solitude, he would soon lose his humanity.
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