Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence.
Rabi said to Mohini, "Let's go to the market and purchase some vegetables."
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Correct Answer
Rabi suggested Mohini to go to the market and purchase some vegetables.
Explanation
Reporting Verb Rule: When a sentence in direct speech begins with an invitation or a joint proposal like "Let's" (Let us), the reporting verb "said to" is structurally changed to "suggested" or "proposed" to accurately reflect the collaborative nature of the statement.
Infinitive Alignment: The proposal is smoothly integrated into the indirect clause by using the infinitive form "to go" and its parallel coordinate "purchase", maintaining a clean grammatical flow that retains the original intent of the suggestion.
Key Points
Word: Rabi suggested Mohini to go to the market and purchase some vegetables.
Meaning: The grammatically accurate indirect transformation that correctly interprets a "Let's" proposal as a suggestion.
Grammatical Role: Indirect speech construction (functions to report the speaker's collaborative proposal without using direct quotation marks).