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Any mistakes, please?

He’d better interview the candidate right now.
I guess he’d better hire the candidate right now.I guess he’d better hire the candidate soon.guess he’d better get you registered with the personnel department soon.I guess he’d better get you registered with the personnel department now. I guess he’d better do it now.I guess they’d better do it in a few minutes.I guess they’d better do it as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Anon.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

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As a paragraph, it stinks. What is it you would like to know?
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Anonymous · Answer

Hi, Mister!

I agree with you. But what can I do? It wasn't my fault. I typed them one after another, not in a mess like this one!

Well, I am sending them again and I hope this time the exercise appears in the way I'm typing! (I just would like to know if the sentences using had better are correct):

P.S.: I put a / after each sentence in case they appear together again.

I guess he'd better interview the candidate now. /

I guess he’d better interview the candidate right now./

I guess he’d better hire the candidate right now./

I guess he’d better hire the candidate soon. /

I guess he’d better get you registered with the personnel department soon./

I guess he’d better get you registered with the personnel department now. /

I guess he’d better do it now. /

I guess they’d better do it in a few minutes. /

I guess they’d better do it as soon as possible. /

Thanks!

Mister Micawber · Answer

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Yes, your sentences are all fine, but they show no variation, really-- there is no point in merely substituting different time adverbials of the present and future. What would be wrong is a past adverbial like 'yesterday'.

PS: You shouldn't have any formatting problems if you type your posts in a simple Wordpad or Notepad file or directly into this Message box.
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Anonymous · Answer

Thank you for all, Mister Micawber!

Best wishes,

Anon.

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