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Ticce Posted 6 years ago
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Had better (conditional)
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Hadn't he better have started learning English if he knew that he was going to move to the USA?
to mean
Wouldn't it be better for him to start learning English if he knew that he was going to move to the USA?
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Ticce Hadn't he better have started learning English if he knew that he was going to move to the USA? The pattern "Hadn't he better have started" feels like something from an old book. It is not something that modern speakers would say, to my knowledge.
- Ticce Hadn't he better have started learning English if he knew that he was going to move to the USA?
- The pattern "Hadn't he better have started" feels like something from an old book.
- It is not something that modern speakers would say, to my knowledge.
- Ticce Wouldn't it be better for him to start learning English if he knew that he was going to move to the USA?
- This doesn't quite match the original in terms of tenses.
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TicceHadn't he better have started learning English if he knew that he was going to move to the USA?
The pattern "Hadn't he better have started" feels like something from an old book. It is not something that modern speakers would say, to my knowledge.
TicceWouldn't it be better for him to start learning English if he knew that h
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