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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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without a justifiable reason

0"If you are late for the meeting 01font00without a justifiable reason02font00, you will be penalized. "02br
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00Hi, everyone. This is a sentence the way that Chinese people often put it. Personally I would say "without a good reason". And "justifiable reason" sounds just unnatural to me. What do you think? 0-
  

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0 We would usually say 'without justification' or 'without a good reason'. The original sounds odd because you are being asked to justify your 'reason' instead of being asked to justify the 'lateness'. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 We would usually say 'without justification' or 'without a good reason'.
  • The original sounds odd because you are being asked to justify your 'reason' instead of being asked to justify the 'lateness'.
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0 We would usually say 'without justification' or 'without a good reason'. The original sounds odd because you are being asked to justify your 'reason' instead of being asked to justify the 'lateness'. 0-
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