( that-clause without that) (or I told my wife that I didn’t want a party on my 50th birthday.) I told my wife I didn’t want a party on my 50th birthday. (The pilot’s words were: ‘The weather was extremely bad as the plane came in to land.’) The pilot commented that the weather had been extremely bad as the plane came in to land. We often omit that, especially in informal situations: Example for indirect speech: Indirect reports of statements consist of a reporting clause and a that-clause. The nurse asked Joel if/whether he was ready. Examples of indirect speech and direct speech
