YOU SAID:
My teacher said 2 + 2 = 2.
INTO JAPANESE
私の先生は、2 + 2 = 2 と言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My teacher said, 2 + 2 = 2.
INTO JAPANESE
私の先生は、2 + 2 = 2 と述べた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My teacher said, 2 + 2 = 2.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.
