Which of the following rules is not correct (with reference to narration change)?
1
The words like 'Please' and 'Kindly' of the direct speech are removed from the sentence when converting to indirect speech.
2
The reporting verb 'said to' is changed to 'told' when there is a personal pronoun as an object.
3
The reporting verb in Order and request kind of narrations is changed to reported speech with reporting verbs like ask, inquired of etc.
4
If the quoted speech is an universal truth, we do not change its verb tense in indirect speech.