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Originally posted by lordjeebus
Well, in this case Peter could have conveyed that point using those exact words, so in a direct form:
Peter said "they wouldn't have come if they had known."
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In this case, it depends on the use of the word they.
If I am talking to someone and repeat what Peter said and he was talking about himself and whoever came with him, then direct speech would be: Peter said, "We wouldn't have come if we had known".
However if peter was talking about someone else, then the they would be correct.