I said to them, "Don't write on your desks."
Correct answer: A. I forbade them not to write on their desks.
- A. I forbade them not to write on their desks.
- B. I advised them to write on their desks.
- C. I forbade them to write on their desks.
- D. I asked them to write on their desks.
Explanation
A correctly transforms the sentence into indirect speech, maintaining the meaning that he expressed a wish or prayer for the listener to live long.
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