11. For the use of the past tense in indirect speech and similar contexts, see below. 12. Wichita has no indirect speech or passive voice. 13. Bell learnt about the free indirect speech method of writing from James Wood's How Fiction Works. 14. A typical context in which rules of sequence of tenses apply is that of indirect speech . 15. She often uses indirect speech for background characters. 16. For use in indirect speech constructions, see. 17. In some cases, the operation of sequence of tenses in indirect speech serves to preserve absolute tense. 18. See sequence of tenses and indirect speech . talk ) 20 : 20, 23 October 2013 ( UTC) 19. It is very often omitted in accusative infinitives and other indirect speech where " esse " is used. 20. Steven Pinker uses the notion of common knowledge to analyze the kind of indirect speech involved in innuendoes.
