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[jasonlulu_2000]

It�s clearly not appropriate for us to behave badly at school. I hope that students like LM can observe school rules and mind their behavior. Only by doing these can they contribute to a better campus and get benefited themselves as well

Is the underlined sentence naturally written? If not, what would a native write instead?

Thanks

Jason

[Tao]

[quote="jasonlulu_2000"]It�s clearly not appropriate for us to behave badly at school. I hope that students like LM can observe school rules and mind their behavior. Only by doing these can they contribute to a better campus and [u]get benefited themselves as well[/u]

Is the underlined sentence naturally written? If not, what would a native write instead?

Thanks

Jason[/quote]

No, it's not correctly written. Say� and benefit themselves as well.
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[IanT]

or "... a better campus, from which they too will benefit."

By the way, I would also change "these" to "this".

I know there were two actions listed, but they're basically part of the same idea, so "Only by doing this.." sounds much more natural to me.

Hope helps,
Ian
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