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In advanced English morphosyntax and reported speech transformations, converting complex sentences involving interrogative clauses, subjunctive moods, and temporal adjustments requires meticulous structural alignment. Consider the following four advanced propositions regarding direct and indirect speech: I. When transforming an interrogative sentence featuring a wh- word (e.g., 'where', 'why', 'how') into indirect speech, the reporting verb (such as 'inquired' or 'asked') is followed directly by the wh- word, and the subsequent embedded clause must undergo subject-auxiliary inversion to retain the direct question word-order pattern. II. When a direct speech utterance contains an exclamation expressing a wish, benediction, or optative sentiment (e.g., He said, 'May God bless you with prosperity!'), the reporting verb converts into an appropriate performative verb (e.g., 'prayed' or 'wished'), and the optative structure transforms into a declarative complement clause with the modal auxiliary adjusted accordingly (e.g., 'He prayed that God might bless him with prosperity'). III. In indirect speech conversions, if the reporting verb is situated in the simple present or future tense (e.g., 'The diplomat says', 'The lead scientist will declare'), the tense forms and modal auxiliaries within the reported clause undergo standard backshift (e.g., past tense shifting to past perfect) to reflect temporal distance from the speech act. IV. When converting a direct imperative sentence containing a polite request or courteous invitation accompanied by vocatives and tags (e.g., 'Please submit your research thesis by Friday, if possible'), the reporting verb transitions to 'requested', and the imperative verb phrase shifts into an infinitive complement clause (e.g., 'She requested them to submit their research thesis by Friday, if possible'). Identify the option that correctly evaluates the grammatical, syntactic, and semantic validity of propositions I, II, III, and IV according to standard English grammar and Indirect speech principles.
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Detailed Explanation
Let us evaluate each proposition systematically according to standard English grammar and Indirect speech rules:
• **Proposition I is INVALID:** When converting a wh- interrogative sentence into indirect speech, the embedded clause must **not** retain subject-auxiliary inversion. Instead, it transforms into an affirmative declarative word order (Subject + Verb), e.g., *He asked me where I was going* (not *where was I going*).
• **Proposition II is VALID:** Optative sentences expressing prayers, wishes, or benedictions in direct speech correctly convert into declarative complement clauses governed by verbs like 'prayed', 'wished', or 'desired', with modal auxiliaries shifting appropriately (e.g., 'May' becomes 'might').
• **Proposition III is INVALID:** Backshifting of tenses in reported speech **only** occurs when the reporting verb is in the past tense (e.g., 'said', 'inquired'). If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense ('says', 'will state'), the tense of the reported clause remains unchanged.
• **Proposition IV is VALID:** Direct imperatives and requests introduced by markers like 'please' correctly convert in indirect speech by employing a reporting verb of request ('requested', 'beseeched') followed by a to-infinitive complement clause, discarding the politeness marker 'please' since its semantic force is absorbed by the reporting verb.
Thus, only propositions II and IV are correct.
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