YOU SAID:
he is so sad that he'd been crying for hours
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彼はとても悲しいので何時間も泣いていた
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He was so sad that he cried for hours
INTO JAPANESE
彼はとても悲しかったので何時間も泣いた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was so sad that I cried for hours
INTO JAPANESE
彼はとても悲しかったので何時間も泣いた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was so sad that I cried for hours
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
