• Exciting news! With our new Ad-Free Premium Subscription you can enjoy a distraction-free browsing experience while supporting our site's growth. Without ads, you have less distractions and enjoy faster page load times. Upgrade is optional. Find out more here, and enjoy ad-free learning with us!

[Grammar] You should know better than to behave like that

Status
Not open for further replies.

kadioguy

Key Member
Joined
Mar 4, 2017
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
Taiwan
Current Location
Taiwan
In the OALD, it writes:

than
preposition, conjunction

You should know better than to behave like that.
-----
Which one does it mean?
1. 'You should know better than (You should) to behave like that.'?
2. 'You should know better than (You know) to behave like that.'?
3.
'You should know better than (You should know) to behave like that.'?
4.
'You should know better than (You) to behave like that.'?
5. 'You should know better than (You are going) to behave like that.'?
6.
'You should know better than You behave like that.'?
7. other answers



Why not '
You should know better than behave like that.'? (no 'to')
 
Last edited:

Tdol

Editor, UsingEnglish.com
Staff member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Member Type
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
Japan
7 It means that the person behaved badly or incorrectly, when they should know/should have known better.
 

kadioguy

Key Member
Joined
Mar 4, 2017
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
Taiwan
Current Location
Taiwan
For example, 'I'm older than her.' means 'I'm older than she (is old)'.

So how can I use the pattern in '
You should know better than to behave like that'?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top