Your mischief will not work.

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Hi teachers,

Your mischief will not work.
Your mischief won`t be stood. Please correct these two sentences.

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It's difficult to correct them, because it is not clear what you are trying to say.
 

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#1 could be correct depending on the context.
#2 is incorrect. You can't say that someone's behaviour "won't be stood". There is a phrasal verb "to stand for" meaning "to put up with" or "to tolerate".
 

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Thank you very much.

Your bad behaviour won't be tolerated/stood for/put up with. Correct?

I mean to say if a person who thinks he can beat others and he starts fighting over small things.
 

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Your bad behaviour won't be tolerated/stood for/put up with. Correct? 'Tolerated' and 'put up with' are correct. 'Stand for' is not used in the passive.

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Thank you, Rover. What other words can be used in place of "bad behaviour"?

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It depends on the nature of the misbehaviour. A few possibilities are naughtiness, bullying, vandalism, insolence....
 

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Naeem56.jpg Your vandalism won't be tolerated. Your vandalism won't be put up with. Can I use "vandalism" here? I have added a picture for more information.
 

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Thank you, Rover. I have a confusion. Your vandalism won't be put up. Isn't it complete or we have to use "with" as well? Because "I don't know how you put up with him". There's no "him/here/me" etc.
 

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'I won't put up with your vandalism.'

'Your vandalism won't be put up with.'
 
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