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What reporting verb would you use with: "Everyone likes to drink coffee"
assumed; He assumed that everyone likes coffee.
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"I fancy you." She said to me.
She said she fancied me.
100
What reporting verb would you use with: We think the new project will cost about 1 billion Euros.
estimated;
200
What reporting verb would you use with: "Maybe you should buy a new car"
suggest; It was suggested that he buy a new car.
200
"I met her at a party," he told me.
He told me he had met her at a party.
200
What reporting verb would you use with: The researcher said "After many studies, smoking causes cancer"
found; It has been found that smoking causes cancer
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What reporting verb would you use with: We have just received news that there was an earthquake.
report; It has just been reported that there was an earthquake.
300
"We will miss you!" they told me.
They told me that they would miss me.
300
What reporting verb would you use with: "Smoking doesn't cause cancer or any other illness"
Argued;
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What reporting verb would you use with: The professor said, "This is the correct was to solve the problem...."
demonstrated;
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"I´ve met someone else." He told her.
He told her that he had met someone else.
400
What reporting verb would you use with: The economist said, " If students are given a credit card, 4 in 5 will overspend their limit"
shown
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What reporting verb would you use with: "I suggest we change the time of the exam"
proposed;
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"I can´t go with you" she said to him.
She said to him that she couldn´t go with him.
500
What reporting verb would you use with: The zoologist said "Animals in the captivity do not communicate well with each other"
observed