nyota
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2009
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Polish
- Home Country
- Poland
- Current Location
- Australia
An excerpt from a book reads:
I don't think you'd better consider it any more, Father.
I was wondering how the above sentence differs from: I think you'd better not consider it any more (apart from the obvious i.e. phrasing). Is any of them more natural than the other? Does one of them put more stress on some notion the other doesn't?
The sentence sounds like a polite threat to me, regardless of phrasing.
I don't think you'd better consider it any more, Father.
I was wondering how the above sentence differs from: I think you'd better not consider it any more (apart from the obvious i.e. phrasing). Is any of them more natural than the other? Does one of them put more stress on some notion the other doesn't?
The sentence sounds like a polite threat to me, regardless of phrasing.