It was 5.30 p.m. and everybody was ready to leave the office.
At one desk, Elaine was having a quick chat with Steven about her work.
Direct: She said: “The amount of paperwork is killing me at the moment. I feel completely/totally exhausted.”
Indirect: She said that the amount of paperwork was killing her at the moment, and that she felt completely/totally exhausted.
To
make sure participants understood that we were looking for subtle
differences between sentences, we presented them with three practice
trials. They received feedback on their responses during these trials.
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