YOU SAID:
better to be late then never
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決して遅刻しないよりは遅刻したほうがいい
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It's better to be late than never to be late
INTO JAPANESE
遅刻しないよりは遅刻したほうがいい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It's better to be late than not to be late
INTO JAPANESE
遅刻しないよりは遅刻したほうがいい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
It's better to be late than not to be late
That didn't even make that much sense in English.