You should have good company.

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tufguy

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What kind of company (means the friends) does he have?

We are tend to be in the company of the people who are like us. Like a thief will always like the company of another thief.

You should have good company.

Please check.
 

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Take a close look at the first sentence in the second line. Do you see an error?
 

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Take a close look at the first sentence in the second line. Do you see an error?

We tend to be in the company of the people who are like us. Like a thief will always like the company of another thief.
 

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We tend to be in the company of the people who are like us. Like a thief will always like the company of another thief.

Good, that's better. Now remove the definite article before "people".
 

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I would change the period to a comma. Otherwise, the second sentence is incomplete.
 

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Good, that's better. Now remove the definite article before "people".


We are tend to be in the company of people who are like us, like a thief will always like the company of another thief.
 

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We are tend to be in the company of people who are like us, like a thief will always like the company of another thief.

Why have you put that back in the sentence? You already removed it once!
 
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We tend to be in the company of people who are like us, like a thief will always like the company of another thief.

You should keep good company.
 
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