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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

It's better...

"It's better for you to do it".
"It'd be better for you to do it".
"You'd better do it".

I think they're grammatical sentences. Can you clarify the difference?
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The first two are unnatural. You could say It’s better if you do it or It’d be better if you do/did it (I prefer did here), with no real difference in meaning. You’d better do it (with stress on you’d ) is another way to say it.

— RandomGuy

  • The first two are unnatural.
  • You could say It’s better if you do it or It’d be better if you do/did it (I prefer did here), with no real difference in meaning.
  • You’d better do it (with stress on you’d ) is another way to say it.
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The first two are unnatural. You could say It’s better if you do it or It’d be better if you do/did it (I prefer did here), with no real difference in meaning. You’d better do it (with stress on you’d) is another way to say it.
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Anonymous"It's better for you to do it"."It'd be better for you to do it".
I see these as essentially the same, but the second presumes a situation that is more imaginary than real.
Anonymous"You'd better do it".
I see this as different in tone. It can even sound threatening in certain contexts.

CJ
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