''We'd better get this over with''

**WilliamRota** · 17-Jan-2013, 21:33

Does 'better'' have an adverbial role in this sentence?

**Rover_KE** · 17-Jan-2013, 22:30

Yes. 'Had better' is a set phrase meaning 'We would be wise to'/'It would be to our advantage to'.

Rover

**BobK** · 18-Jan-2013, 14:53

Originally Posted by WilliamRota

Does 'better'' have an adverbial role in this sentence?

But because it's a set phrase it's not particularly illuminating to say ' "better'' ha[s] an adverbial role in this sentence'.

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**WilliamRota** · 18-Jan-2013, 20:23

And ''over with'' is a word separately or integrates ''this'', as it was said ''get over with this''. Thank you.

**Rover_KE** · 18-Jan-2013, 22:15

'Get this over with' means 'get this finished.'

Your thread title means 'We would be wise to get this finished'.

Rover

**WilliamRota** · 19-Jan-2013, 03:02

But, could I had written "we had better get over with this''?

**bhaisahab** · 19-Jan-2013, 07:59

Originally Posted by WilliamRota

But, could I have written "we had better get over with this''?

No, that's not correct.

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