My son said to me quot I will not audit quot ........

English (SSC) Direct/Indirect speech

My son said to me, "I will not audit."

My son tells me that he will not audit.

My son tells me that he will not be auditing.

My son told me that he would not audit.

My son had told me that he would not be auditing.

- Your Statement: "My son said to me, 'I will not audit.'"

- This is a past tense statement expressing your son's future intention not to audit.

- Option 1: "My son tells me that he will not audit."

- This uses present tense ("tells"), suggesting the conversation is ongoing or habitual.

- Option 2: "My son tells me that he will not be auditing."

- Similar to Option 1, but with a different verb tense, still indicating present tense and ongoing action intention.

- Option 3: "My son told me that he would not audit."

- This option correctly uses past tense to relay the original conversation, and "would" is suitable for reported speech.

- Option 4: "My son had told me that he would not be auditing."

- Uses past perfect tense ("had told"), which implies a sequence of past events, not necessary here.

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