Reporting verbs

Cuando usamos reporting verbs como advise y explain es importante saber si la persona que escucha es el objeto/complemento directo.

1) Con verbos como tell la persona que escucha es el objeto/complemento directo.

          Mrs Pattison advised him  to vote for her.
                            invited them
                            reminded us

          She convinced us           that she was telling the truth.
                persuaded me
                reassured everyone

          He accused me of             giving up.
               informed them about
               congratulated her on

2) Con verbos como say la persona que escucha no es el objeto/complemento directo.

          Mrs Pattison explain       that we should vote for her.
                            announced
                            suggested

          She agreed     to tell the truth.
                refused
                proposed

          He admitted    giving up.
               insisted on
               denied

Si quieres mencionar a la persona que escucha con alguno de los reporting verbs más comunes como admit, announce, complain, explain, mention, propose, say o suggest puedes utilizar la estructura to + hearer + that clause.

          She complained to the engineer that her computer kept crashing.
          He explained to the class that he would be away for a few days.
          I suggested to Dan and Liz that we all went on holiday together.