Communicating with people, we constantly receive from them some information, which in the future is passed on to someone else. Several variants can be used for its transfer. Of course, you can simply explain the idea in your own words, just as you understood it. Or you can make it clear that the idea does not belong to you. In such cases, direct or indirect speech is used. And if the line is fairly easy to use, indirect speech in English has a number of features that should be considered. About them today and will be discussed.