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02-02-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by StueyT View Post
I am trying to reply to someone who is going somewhere with a friend, but was prepared to go alone if that friend wasn't available. I want to say 'Its good that you're now not going alone, but its also good that you were ready to go alone if you needed to'.

This is alot of guesswork, but would the following make sense in this respect?

一人で行かないことがいいだけど、もし一人で行かなけ ればならなかったら行くこともいいだよ!

Head...hurts...
If getting your idea across were your main goal, that would probably work.

If you are asking if that's natural Japanese, then the answer is negative. It contains several not-so-minor-by-the-native-standards mistakes.
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