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I'm working on a project for my Japanese class. I'm writing about Sweden's
right of public access (allemansrätten) (yes, I had to look up a lot of
vocabulary) and trying to say "the constitution only says..." or "all the
constitution says is that, notwithstanding the protection of property,
everyone will have the right of public access". My attempt was
"けんぽうで、みなさんはざいさんけんにかかわらずしぜんきょうじゅけんがあるだけと言う". The grader corrected this to
"けんぽうで、みなさんはざいさんけんにかかわらずしぜんきょうじゅけんがあるからと言う", but that didn't seem right to me
so I talked to 先生. His correction was
"けんぽうで、みなさんはざいさんけんにかかわらずしぜんきょうじゅけんがあるだけだと言う", but that seems to me like "only"
is part of the quote, so I just wanted to check.
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translation particles english-to-japanese
How to say "All [sth.] says is ..."
I would use 「～とだけ」 or 「～としか...ない」.

「～～とだけ[言]{い}っている・[書]{か}いてある」「～～としか言っていない・書いていない」

> [憲法]{けんぽう}には、～～とだけ書いてある。  
>  憲法には、～～としか書いていない。  
>  憲法は、～～としか言っていない。

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> His correction was "けんぽうで、みなさんはざいさんけんにかかわらずしぜんきょうじゅけんがあるだけだと言う", but that
> seems to me like "only" is part of the quote

I agree with you. 「～があるだけだと言う」 would mean "It says that you only have ~~."
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