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Narration #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 08, 2011 15:23 pm   Narration		  
Direct: You said "I make chairs work magic".
Indirect: You said that you made chairs work by magic.
why by here what is the role of its here?
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Re: Narration #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 08, 2011 18:21 pm   Re: Narration		  
Direct: "I make chairs work magic".
Indirect: You said that you made chairs work magic.

Direct: "I make chairs work by magic".
Indirect: You said that you made chairs work by magic.

"work magic" = perform magic; figuratively, achieve the seemingly impossible
"work by magic" = operate apparently in violation of normal physical laws

Both are odd things to say about chairs.
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