Does 'better'' have an adverbial role in this sentence?
W WilliamRota Member Joined Jan 17, 2013 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Portuguese Home Country Brazil Current Location Brazil Jan 17, 2013 #1 Does 'better'' have an adverbial role in this sentence?
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Jan 17, 2013 #2 Yes. 'Had better' is a set phrase meaning 'We would be wise to'/'It would be to our advantage to'. Rover
Yes. 'Had better' is a set phrase meaning 'We would be wise to'/'It would be to our advantage to'. Rover
BobK Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 29, 2006 Location Spencers Wood, near Reading, UK Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jan 18, 2013 #3 :up: WilliamRota said: Does 'better'' have an adverbial role in this sentence? Click to expand... But because it's a set phrase it's not particularly illuminating to say ' "better'' ha an adverbial role in this sentence'. b
:up: WilliamRota said: Does 'better'' have an adverbial role in this sentence? Click to expand... But because it's a set phrase it's not particularly illuminating to say ' "better'' ha an adverbial role in this sentence'. b
W WilliamRota Member Joined Jan 17, 2013 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Portuguese Home Country Brazil Current Location Brazil Jan 18, 2013 #4 And ''over with'' is a word separately or integrates ''this'', as it was said ''get over with this''. Thank you.
And ''over with'' is a word separately or integrates ''this'', as it was said ''get over with this''. Thank you.
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Jan 18, 2013 #5 'Get this over with' means 'get this finished.' Your thread title means 'We would be wise to get this finished'. Rover
'Get this over with' means 'get this finished.' Your thread title means 'We would be wise to get this finished'. Rover
W WilliamRota Member Joined Jan 17, 2013 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Portuguese Home Country Brazil Current Location Brazil Jan 19, 2013 #6 But, could I had written "we had better get over with this''?
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Jan 19, 2013 #7 WilliamRota said: But, could I have written "we had better get over with this''? Click to expand... No, that's not correct.
WilliamRota said: But, could I have written "we had better get over with this''? Click to expand... No, that's not correct.