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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Grammar Doubt

Hi,

I know it's not in practice to say "You better be shut up" but since "shut up" is a verb so technically this constuction is not wrong. Is it ?
  

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Hi, This sentence is wrong regardless of this be issue. You had better shut up ( bare infinitive ). The be is incorrect there as well, because this structure governs the bare infinitive.

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  • Hi, This sentence is wrong regardless of this be issue.
  • You had better shut up ( bare infinitive ).
  • The be is incorrect there as well, because this structure governs the bare infinitive.
  • Regards
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Hi,

This sentence is wrong regardless of this be issue.

You had better shut up (bare infinitive).

The be is incorrect there as well, because this structure governs the bare infinitive.

Regards
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