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Vutdoan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Do these sound right?

1) I better get a move on.

2) I really did not even like that movie.
  

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These are both idiomatic. The first was a common expression of my mother's in the 40's - except it was usually I who was behooved to get the move on. More correctly, it was "I had better get a move on," or, contracted, "I'd better get a move on"; but the "had" was frequently dropped in rapid, casual conversation.

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  • These are both idiomatic.
  • The first was a common expression of my mother's in the 40's - except it was usually I who was behooved to get the move on.
  • More correctly, it was "I had better get a move on," or, contracted, "I'd better get a move on"; but the "had" was frequently dropped in rapid, casual conversation.
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These are both idiomatic. The first was a common expression of my mother's in the 40's - except it was usually I who was behooved to get the move on.

More correctly, it was "I had better get a move on," or, contracted, "I'd better get a move on"; but the "had" was frequently dropped in rapid, casual conversation.
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