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Meaning of "You had better"



 
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Meaning of "You had better" #1 (permalink) Mon Apr 12, 2004 13:56 pm   Meaning of "You had better"
 

Hi Alan and Torsten! Please reply to me. ... "You had better" means "You should". Is it so?
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Had better - should #2 (permalink) Mon Apr 12, 2004 22:41 pm   Had better - should
 

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Had better - should #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:18 pm   Had better - should
 

Torsten wrote:
yes

thank you Torsten
you had better you had rather the same?
please, answer me
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Had better - should #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 15, 2004 13:13 pm   Had better - should
 

logician wrote:
Torsten wrote:
yes

thank you Torsten
you had better you had rather the same?
please, answer me
logician

Hi ,I am also agog to know it .
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Meaning of "You had better" #5 (permalink) Sat Dec 27, 2008 17:04 pm   Meaning of "You had better"
 

Hi,

''it had better''
for suggestion ''It had better to finish this job'' ''it is better to finish the job''

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Had better - should #6 (permalink) Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:01 am   Had better - should
 

Logician wrote:
Torsten wrote:
yes

thank you Torsten
you had better you had rather the same?
please, answer me
Hello Logician

No, they do not mean the same thing.

"Had rather" and "would rather" mean the same thing. These two expressions are used to talk about what someone prefers. I'd say "would rather" is used more often than "had rather".

"You had better do that" means "You should do that" or "It would be wise for you to do that".
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