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Choose the statement that is false.Quoted speech is also called direct speech.Quoted speech sits between inverted commas.Inverted commas can be single or double.Quoted speech doesn’t require punctuation.

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Choose the statement that is false.Quoted speech is also called direct speech.Quoted speech sits between inverted commas.Inverted commas can be single or double.Quoted speech doesn’t require punctuation.

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The false statement is: "Quoted speech doesn’t require punctuation." Quoted speech does require punctuation to indicate where the quote begins and ends, and to separate the quoted material from the rest of the sentence.

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