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Had Better

'Had better' expresses advice and means 'would find it wiser or more
suitable'. We use it if we think there will be negative results if someone does
not do what is desired or suggested.
E.g.:
 We had better take an umbrella. It may rain. (=it would be good, wise
or suitable for you to bring an umbrella)
 He’d better stop and have a rest if he feels tired.
.
Sometimes ‘Had better’ carries an indirect threat. Authority figures
sometimes people use had better when speaking to people below them
For example, if you said, "You had better finish the report," you are NOT
making a polite suggestion. You are making an indirect threat. In other
words, if you don't finish the report, you are in trouble.

In negative structures, better comes before not.


E.g.: You had better not go now.
 You had better not come late tommorow. Or Mr.Smith won’t let you in.

Had better has no past tense or question form.

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