YOU SAID:
He said he did not not knot the knot he knoted
INTO JAPANESE
彼は彼が結び目を結んでいないと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He said he is not tying a knot
INTO JAPANESE
彼は結び目を結んでいないと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He said he did not tie a knot
INTO JAPANESE
彼は結び目を結んでいないと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He said he did not tie a knot
That didn't even make that much sense in English.