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he said that "you were correct." vs he said that you were correct.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. The first phrase includes quotation marks to indicate that the words "you were correct" were spoken by someone. The second phrase does not use quotation marks and is a more common way to report indirect speech. The choice between the two depends on whether you want to emphasize the exact words spoken or simply report the statement indirectly.

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he said that "you were correct."

This phrase is correct and is used to directly quote someone's words.

This phrase is used when you want to quote someone's words exactly as they were spoken.

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What you told me about the coming of the railway, it seems you were correct.
It appears you were correct, Mr. Ellman.
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He said that "today the internet and satellite TV are probably the biggest hope for global information freedom".
When elected he said that "football is a game before a product" and has pledged to defend it against overwhelming domination by business.
When elected he said that "football is a game before a product" and has pledged to defend it against overwhelming domination by business.
It seems that everything he said is correct.
Orphans! ... they were correct.
In global terms he said that "Al-Qaeda will remain an international threat for years to come".
He said that "the world - not just Europeans, are looking to us".
He said that "the elections have shown the political maturity of the Mozambican people".
At the seminar he said that "we could release particles of sulphur (to deflect sunlight and heat) in the upper atmosphere to cool the global climate".
He said that "old Europe" could provide the answers by listening to its peoples who had expressed their views so clearly in streets all around Europe.
He said that "Europeans have not only been spectators, but we were involved, and, in some cases, supported the injustice".
He said that existing regulation was impinging on communities of sparsely populated coastal regions and that "people are not taken into the equation".
Turning to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute he said that "the region is once again in flames".
Before leaving Kinshasa, delegation Chairman Jürgen Schröder summed up the mood when he said that "people are tired of wars and transitional governments".
I'll confess that you were correct before in suspecting me, but everything I did was at her behest.
Then you can take great pleasure in knowing you were correct all along.
You said that those comments were not correct.

he said that you were correct.

This phrase is correct and is commonly used to report indirect speech.

This phrase is used when you want to report what someone said without quoting their words exactly.

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It seems that everything he said is correct.
Everything Piper just said is correct.
What Mr Macartney said is correct.
What Mrs Doyle just said is correct.
Everything the president said was absolutely correct.
Perhaps your arm is a manifestation that you accepted what Dr. Brennan said is correct.
Of course, what Mr Mavrommatis said is correct.
I was assured that that would happen, so I am somewhat dismayed if what Mr Donnelly has said is correct.
Perhaps your arm is a manifestation that you accepted what Dr. Brennan said is correct.
I'll confess that you were correct before in suspecting me, but everything I did was at her behest.
But... it hurts that everything you said is so correct.
I ask Commissioner van de Broek whether the said report is correct.
Suppose... what your faith has said was essentially correct.
What has been said is indeed correct.
But... it hurts that everything you said is so correct.
I am sure that everything the Member has said is quite correct.
What you told me about the coming of the railway, it seems you were correct.
As an officer of the court, I do solemnly swear and attest that everything I have said is true and correct.
The objectives of growth and low inflation underlying the pact, the Minister said, were clearly correct.
It appears you were correct, Mr. Ellman.

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