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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Had better + past simple
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Today our teacher said that "had better" can be used with past simple in specific situation. I have looked up for some information in Internet to no avail. Do you have any idea or was she just wrong?
Today our teacher said that "had better" can be used with past simple in specific situation. I have looked up for some information in Internet to no avail. Do you have any idea or was she just wrong?
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Do you recall the 'specific situation' to which the teacher referred? Normally, 'had better' means 'should'.
- Do you recall the 'specific situation' to which the teacher referred?
- Normally, 'had better' means 'should'.
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Do you recall the 'specific situation' to which the teacher referred? Normally, 'had better' means 'should'.
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AnonymousHello.Today our teacher said that "had better" can be used with past simple in specific situation. I have looked up for some information in Internet to no avail. Do you have any idea or was she just wrong?I can't see how it could be used with the simple past. The "had" in the idiom "had better", as in "You had better tell them", is an auxiliar
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