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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

She'd better ...

Hello

1. We're now in trouble trying to straighten things up with the cops: _______ telling the truth in the first place.

a) She'd better be
b) She'd better had been
d) she'd better to have been
d)she'd better have been

I would choose "b"?
  

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Newguest Hello1. We're now in trouble trying to straighten things up with the cops: _____ telling the truth in the first place. a) She'd better be b) She'd better had been d) she'd better to have been d)she'd better have been I would choose "b"?

— Awesomelyawesome

  • Newguest Hello1.
  • We're now in trouble trying to straighten things up with the cops: _____ telling the truth in the first place.
  • a) She'd better be b) She'd better had been d) she'd better to have been d)she'd better have been I would choose "b"?
  • Hi, How about “We're now in trouble trying to straighten things up with the cops.
  • She had better tell the truth in the first place”.
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NewguestHello1. We're now in trouble trying to straighten things up with the cops: _____ telling the truth in the first place. a) She'd better be b) She'd better had been d) she'd better to have been d)she'd better have been I would choose "b"?
Hi,

How about “We're now in trouble trying to straighten things up with the cops. She had better t
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Awesomelyawesome,How about “We're now in trouble trying to straighten things up with the cops. She had better tell the truth in the first place”.Must you choose one of the four choices?
That's unlikely with 'in the first place' in my opinion. Choice (d) is fairly natural.
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OK, so "b" is not correct?

"have been telling the truth" sounds like she has just finished talking.
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AlpheccaStarsI'd pick ( b ).
Really. "She'd better had been"? In my variety of English, "'d better" must be followed by a bare infinitive.
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