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Sentence #569439

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 papabear papabear February 19, 2011 February 19, 2011 at 6:46:38 AM UTC link Permalink

benefits -> benefit
Comma (,) should be a semicolon (;) because the two clauses of the sentence are independent (that is, there's no conjunction, so it could be two complete sentences.)

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Some people do not have a consistent set of principles, they just adopt whatever principles benefits them at the moment.

added by Spamster, October 16, 2010
➜ #570564Alcune persone non hanno un insieme coerente di principi, ma adottano qualsiasi principio sia loro di utilità immediata.

linked by bruno_b, October 17, 2010
Some people do not have a consistent set of principles; they just adopt whatever principles benefit them at the moment.

edited by Spamster, May 21, 2011
➜ #952071一貫した行動指針というものが無い人もいます。彼らはただ、その時々で自分に都合の良い指針があれば、何でも受け入れるのです。

linked by thyc244, June 23, 2011
➜ #958985Algunas personas no tienen principios consistentes, entonces adoptan cualquiera que los beneficie en el momento.

linked by hayastan, June 25, 2011
➜ #3247292Joillakin ihmisillä ei ole johdonmukaisia periaatteita. He vain omaksuvat millaiset tahansa periatteet, jotka sattuvat hyödyttämään heitä sillä hetkellä.

linked by Silja, May 12, 2014
➜ #3521341Certaines personnes n'ont pas d'ensemble de principes cohérent ; ils adoptent simplement n'importe quel principe qui leur bénéficie sur le moment.

linked by sacredceltic, September 26, 2014