Ranie
Always telling truth is the most important consideration in relationships, agree or disagree? No one wants to be friend with people who always tell lies. Telling truth is obviously one of the most important characteristic of a person. However, is 'always telling truth' the most important consideration in any relationship between people? The answer is no. Telling truth is important, but a white lie will be more welcome when truth means harm. Admittedly, truth is one of the foundations of relationships. When people always tell lies, the truth will come out one day, and the liar will lose credit on others. The person who has been cheated will be disappointed and may never trust those who lie again. For example, there is a famous old story about shepherd boy. The shepherd boy shouts:" Help! Wolves come!" when there is actually no wolf coming just for fun. When the wolves really come, he shouts for help again, but no people come to help him. Therefore, to keep credit good, people should tell truths. However, truths are not the best choice in every case. Sometimes truths may mean harm and a lie may comfort others, and that's what most people do every day. When your teammate makes a fetal mistake, the most wit action is not yielding at him/her, but to say that is ok and find out solution together. When a dying mother ask about her son who has just died in the battle, any kind-hearted person will tell her that her son will come back a few days later, which will never realize. A white lie may bring peace to others, truth should be placed behind. To sum up, in most cases, we should tell truth. But in special cases where truth means harm, we could choose to tell a white lie.
Aug 19, 2011 11:31 AM
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Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in relationships,: do you agree or disagree?

No one wants to be friends with people who always tell lies. Telling the truth is obviously one of the most important characteristics of a person. However, is 'always telling truth' the most important consideration in any relationship between people? The answer is no. Telling the truth is important, but a white lie will be more welcome when the truth means harm is hurtful.

Admittedly, truth is one of the foundations of relationships. When people always tell lies, the truth will come out one day, and the liar will lose credit credibility on with others. The person who has been cheated will be disappointed and may never trust those who lie again. For example, there is a famous old story about a shepherd boy. The shepherd boy shouts: "Help! Wolves come are coming!" when there is actually no wolf coming, just for fun. When the wolves really come, he shouts for help again, but no people come to help him. Therefore, to keep credit good maintain their credibility, people should tell the truths.

However, the truths are is not the best choice in every case. Sometimes the truths may mean harm be hurtful and a lie may comfort others, and that's what most people do every day. When your teammate makes a fetal fatal (?) mistake, the most wit (?) action is not yielding yelling at him/her, but to say that it is ok and find out a solution together. When a dying mother asks about her son who has just died in the battle, any kind-hearted person will tell her that her son will come back a few days later, which will never realize. A white lie may bring peace to others,; the truth should be placed behind.

To sum up, in most cases, we should tell the truth. But in special cases where the truth means harm is hurtful, we could choose to tell a white lie.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you meant by "the most wit action". I'm also not sure what you meant by "fetal mistake". "Fetal" means having to do with an unborn child. "Fatal" means deadly. I'm not sure that either applies in that sentence.

"Wolves come" is grammatically correct, but it sounds odd to a native English speaker, as the form "wolves are coming" is normally used to indicate the present tense. I put a comma before "just for fun", but it would sound less awkward to say: "just for fun, when there is actually no wolf coming."

In modern English, "credit" usually refers to the ability to go into debt to buy something. I chose "credibility" because I thought it was what you were trying to say, but I would just use "trust": "will lose the trust of others" or "will lose others' trust"; "Therefore, to maintain the trust of others, ...".

It would be a good idea to learn where to use the colon and semicolon, although to be honest, many native English speakers don't bother with them and use commas instead. I put "do you" before "agree or disagree" because otherwise it would be grammatically incorrect, although again many native English speakers would leave it out. Finally, many English grammarians will tell you that "but" is only used as a conjunction, after a comma, and never at the beginning of a sentence. Many native English speakers don't follow that rule, and I'm one of them, so I didn't bother to correct you. However, if you want to follow that rule, you should probably write it: "...we should tell the truth, but in special cases...."

Overall it is reasonably fluent and easy to comprehend, with the exception of that one "teammate" sentence.

August 19, 2011
I did not say that I can prove it but the other people can't prove the explosion also. I know its dangerous to say the truth but for me I feel better when I always say the truth and do not hide behind lies because its dishonourable so I have to say the truth no matter how bad it is and if would cost my life I don't care.
August 20, 2011
@Chinafan. then how can you prove that the universe doesn't come from an explosion? Certainly, you can't. I admit that your theory is right in most cases. But you also have to admit that in some special cases, only telling the truth can help nothing. So, whether to tell truths or not, it depends.
August 19, 2011
@Randy, I cannot catch it... What do you mean?
August 19, 2011
I can count on it because do you think the universe just came out from nowhere? Just a big explosion with no reason? Its a lie of science. I didn't knew it was just your writing practise. I thought this is for real because I always fight for the truth. If we just build a building of lies there will come the day when you can't hide the truth any longer and everything breaks down. So better you say it as soon as you know the truth then the breakdown will not be that worse. I don't like people which can live happy by saying lies.
August 19, 2011
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