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Reply Fri 14 May, 2010 09:04 pm

I appreciate the aggressive people as long as they are good intention-oriented.

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Should it be "well-intended"?
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dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 14 May, 2010 09:11 pm
@oristarA,
well intended is bettter
I appreciate the aggressive people as long as they are well intended.

another possibility...
...as long as their intentions are good.

Btw i dont agree with the sentence as it stands. Aggressive may need clarification. What is meant by aggressive? Violence? Hitting/spanking a child?
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 14 May, 2010 11:53 pm
@dadpad,

It meant the desire to challenge other people, not violence.

Thank you.
dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2010 12:25 am
@oristarA,
Without the complete context it is difficult to judge however i suspect "forthright" may be a better alternative to "aggressive".
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2010 12:29 am
@oristarA,
I would not use well-intended to describe people. I would use well-intended to describe an action.

I would use well-intentioned to describe a person so I would write:

I appreciate the aggressive people as long as they are well-intentioned.'

This mean they have good intentions (the people doing the action) as opposed to 'being well-intended, which describes the action.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2010 12:41 am
@aidan,
Thanks
aidan
 
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2010 12:41 am
@oristarA,
you're welcome
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2010 11:19 am
@oristarA,
I appreciate [the] aggressive people as long as they are good intention-oriented.

Unless you have some specific people in mind, people that have been mentioned or are known to the listener, 'the' is not appropriate, Ori.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2010 07:20 pm
@JTT,
Thanks
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