Select the correct option for the Direct Speech conversion of the sentence below.
The physicist remarked that time-reversal invariance could be violated under non-unitary evolution.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. The physicist said, 'Time-reversal invariance could be violated under non-unitary evolution.'
Changes required:
Conjunction: The conjunction “that” is removed and inverted commas are added in direct speech.
Verb: Remarked changes to said in direct speech.
Tense: The modal verb “could” remains unchanged because it already expresses possibility and does not necessarily change while converting from indirect to direct speech.
Punctuation: Comma and inverted commas are added to show the exact words spoken by the speaker.
Converted sentence: The physicist said, 'Time-reversal invariance could be violated under non-unitary evolution.'
Hence, the chosen option is correct.