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(A) He said, "I will definitely visit you tomorrow."
(B) He said that _________________________.

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Hint: Change the given dialogues using the rules of reported speech.

Complete step by step solution:
In the given question we have been given a sentence which we have to change into reported speech. To do this we need to understand what a reported speech is. The method of telling someone what another person has said is called reported speech.
To do this, we need to choose a reporting verb (such as ‘said’) and a tense for the sentence, based on how long ago the comment was made and regarding which topic.
Then, we need to change the point of view, this involves changing ‘I’ into ‘he/she/they’.
After this we need to choose whether to use ‘that’ or ‘if’. The former is used as a conjunction while the latter is used for certain questions. Then, we need to change the tense into past tense, but maintain the perfect or continuous form of the original.
Words that indicate time such as today, yesterday, tomorrow etc. are also changed depending on the tense of the reported sentence.
Now, let us convert the given sentence into reported speech, using the given rules.
The answer would be:
He said that he would definitely visit me the next day.

Note: To avoid confusion, learn the given rules of reported speech thoroughly and practice several times.
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