How do reporting verbs contribute to the tone of a piece of writing? Can you explain the use of reporting verbs with embedded questions?

... academic writing. The results suggest that corpus-informed instruction may support L2 writers in the development of lexical and functional reporting verb use. In this paper, we illustrate what the lexical semantics of reporting verbs must incor- porate in order to contribute to the reconstruction of story and context. Apr 25, 2025 ... Reporting verbs can express agreement, disagreement, recommendations, or even neutrality. Below are common reporting verbs categorized by what they express. Jan 29, 2015 ... You can say: to threaten with something – which can either be something physical (as in your example: he threatened them with a gun'; OR, ... Verb Tense in Reported Speech. When you report what someone said in the past, you usually shift back a verb tense from the tense the speaker used. These are ... Aug 7, 2015 ... Past continuous reporting verb in indirect speech [duplicate] ... Closed 9 years ago. In indirect speech if the reporting verb is in past tense, ... Abstract. This paper describes the reporting verbs used in reporting statements, or citations, in medical journal articles and their role in the discourse. A ... When you report speech indirectly in English, the grammar will depend on which reporting verb you are using (say vs. tell). May 1, 2024 ... To report questions you can use a handful of verbs, the most common of which are ask, inquire, want to know and wonder. In academic writing, you will often need to refer to the research of others, also called secondary sources. A reporting verb is a word which is used to talk ...