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Discover LudwigThe phrase "behave for" is correct and usable in written English
It is usually used as an imperative statement, urging someone to act in a certain way. For example, you might say "Behave for your mother while she is away" as a way of asking someone to act properly while their parent is absent.
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And as long as I behave for other people.
Still, we already knew that they could behave for short periods.
But it was a reasonable way to behave for a man from television.
They get in trouble so they behave for a little while.
They joked that they had learned to behave, for fear that they might get thrown out of their homes.
This is critically important because when your students like you and are comfortable around you, they'll want to please you, listen to you and behave for you.
Thuram crosses in from the right, but Del Piero concedes a free-kick for interfering with his marker (oh behave, for pity's sake).
The four of them behave, for the most part, like survivalists stranded in the remote wilderness, dependent on one another almost to the point of cannibalism.
They joked — with an anxious edge — that they had learned to behave, for fear that they might get thrown out of their homes.
The business owner who saw Solomon after he was shot also believes police have changed how they behave, for fear of getting in trouble.
"Inevitably, people will know they are on television, but they can only self-monitor for so long," says Reicher. "They can't consistently behave for camera.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com