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Roland Zohrabyan
Tag question for had better?
You had better smile and go forward, _______?
10 dec. 2012 21:38
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Technically, "hadn't you?" is the proper tag question, but the "had better" form doesn't normally apply to tag questions. It's an odd piece of grammar. Replace "had better" with "should" and it'll sound natural.
10 december 2012
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Starting a sentence with "You had better...." sounds formal and/or British. An American would say, "The best thing to do is just smile and get on with it", or smile and carry on, is what a British person might say.
10 december 2012
"We had better leave for the airport, hadn't we?"
10 december 2012
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Roland Zohrabyan
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