In order to change this to indirect speech, this question needs to be written in the past tense with the quotation marks removed.
The correct variant is: She asked me if she could keep my dictionary until Friday.
The independent clause is "WE ARE NOT EATING ON THE PATIO" the reason why, is because the second part of the sentence cannot stand on its own, due to the fact it has a because in it. because is a transition word.
Answer:
Only Leila is correct.
Explanation:
A thesis is the topic of your essay.
The central idea of that topic is the fact that there is a maturity factor of driving. As a driver myself you can tell who has been driving for a a decent amount of time and who is a new driver. So in conclusion it is just the fact of maturity
