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"what a beautiful child!"
1.He exclaimed that it was a beautiful child.
2.He exclaimed that the child was beautiful.
Is there any error in the sentence 2.










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  • he exclaimed that the child was beautiful
    – Enguroo
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  • No, that's not how this site works. You have to identify the error, then do some research, and only if you can't resolve the problem should you post a question here, explaining what the issue is and what research you've done. For guidance, see How to Ask and take the Tour. If you're not fluent in English, you should also visit our site English Language Learners. :-)
    – Chappo
    11 hours ago












  • Recently I came across a question,that is to report the sentence "what a beautiful child" there were 2 options .1.he exclaimed that it was a beautiful child. 2 .he exclaimed that the child was beautiful. The book said that option 1 is correct.There is no proper explanation in it.then I referred some books and what I understood is that we just need to convert the exclamatary sentence into a statement.then both the options should be correct. I couldn't find anything wrong in the second statement.please help
    – user329742
    10 hours ago
















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"what a beautiful child!"
1.He exclaimed that it was a beautiful child.
2.He exclaimed that the child was beautiful.
Is there any error in the sentence 2.










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  • he exclaimed that the child was beautiful
    – Enguroo
    12 hours ago










  • No, that's not how this site works. You have to identify the error, then do some research, and only if you can't resolve the problem should you post a question here, explaining what the issue is and what research you've done. For guidance, see How to Ask and take the Tour. If you're not fluent in English, you should also visit our site English Language Learners. :-)
    – Chappo
    11 hours ago












  • Recently I came across a question,that is to report the sentence "what a beautiful child" there were 2 options .1.he exclaimed that it was a beautiful child. 2 .he exclaimed that the child was beautiful. The book said that option 1 is correct.There is no proper explanation in it.then I referred some books and what I understood is that we just need to convert the exclamatary sentence into a statement.then both the options should be correct. I couldn't find anything wrong in the second statement.please help
    – user329742
    10 hours ago














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"what a beautiful child!"
1.He exclaimed that it was a beautiful child.
2.He exclaimed that the child was beautiful.
Is there any error in the sentence 2.










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"what a beautiful child!"
1.He exclaimed that it was a beautiful child.
2.He exclaimed that the child was beautiful.
Is there any error in the sentence 2.







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  • he exclaimed that the child was beautiful
    – Enguroo
    12 hours ago










  • No, that's not how this site works. You have to identify the error, then do some research, and only if you can't resolve the problem should you post a question here, explaining what the issue is and what research you've done. For guidance, see How to Ask and take the Tour. If you're not fluent in English, you should also visit our site English Language Learners. :-)
    – Chappo
    11 hours ago












  • Recently I came across a question,that is to report the sentence "what a beautiful child" there were 2 options .1.he exclaimed that it was a beautiful child. 2 .he exclaimed that the child was beautiful. The book said that option 1 is correct.There is no proper explanation in it.then I referred some books and what I understood is that we just need to convert the exclamatary sentence into a statement.then both the options should be correct. I couldn't find anything wrong in the second statement.please help
    – user329742
    10 hours ago


















  • he exclaimed that the child was beautiful
    – Enguroo
    12 hours ago










  • No, that's not how this site works. You have to identify the error, then do some research, and only if you can't resolve the problem should you post a question here, explaining what the issue is and what research you've done. For guidance, see How to Ask and take the Tour. If you're not fluent in English, you should also visit our site English Language Learners. :-)
    – Chappo
    11 hours ago












  • Recently I came across a question,that is to report the sentence "what a beautiful child" there were 2 options .1.he exclaimed that it was a beautiful child. 2 .he exclaimed that the child was beautiful. The book said that option 1 is correct.There is no proper explanation in it.then I referred some books and what I understood is that we just need to convert the exclamatary sentence into a statement.then both the options should be correct. I couldn't find anything wrong in the second statement.please help
    – user329742
    10 hours ago
















he exclaimed that the child was beautiful
– Enguroo
12 hours ago




he exclaimed that the child was beautiful
– Enguroo
12 hours ago












No, that's not how this site works. You have to identify the error, then do some research, and only if you can't resolve the problem should you post a question here, explaining what the issue is and what research you've done. For guidance, see How to Ask and take the Tour. If you're not fluent in English, you should also visit our site English Language Learners. :-)
– Chappo
11 hours ago






No, that's not how this site works. You have to identify the error, then do some research, and only if you can't resolve the problem should you post a question here, explaining what the issue is and what research you've done. For guidance, see How to Ask and take the Tour. If you're not fluent in English, you should also visit our site English Language Learners. :-)
– Chappo
11 hours ago














Recently I came across a question,that is to report the sentence "what a beautiful child" there were 2 options .1.he exclaimed that it was a beautiful child. 2 .he exclaimed that the child was beautiful. The book said that option 1 is correct.There is no proper explanation in it.then I referred some books and what I understood is that we just need to convert the exclamatary sentence into a statement.then both the options should be correct. I couldn't find anything wrong in the second statement.please help
– user329742
10 hours ago




Recently I came across a question,that is to report the sentence "what a beautiful child" there were 2 options .1.he exclaimed that it was a beautiful child. 2 .he exclaimed that the child was beautiful. The book said that option 1 is correct.There is no proper explanation in it.then I referred some books and what I understood is that we just need to convert the exclamatary sentence into a statement.then both the options should be correct. I couldn't find anything wrong in the second statement.please help
– user329742
10 hours ago















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