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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

It better be...

Could you tell me what "It better be ..." means?

  

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Casual way of saying "It had better be".

— GPY

  • Casual way of saying "It had better be".
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Casual way of saying "It had better be".
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Thank you for your reply, GPY.

I still don't understand what it means. I understand "I'd better talk to him later on," though.
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"It had better be ..." expresses a strong desire or imperative that something should be a certain way.
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Something like "It really has to be"?
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HUBLOTSomething like "It really has to be"?
It's normally more forceful or threatening than that. It has a connotation "It'd better be .... or else ... (something bad)".

Generally speaking, "had better" has two tones, either advisory or imperative/threatening. These are distinguished by context and tone of voice. For example, "You'd better get going
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