Using "You'd better" to give strong advice

Una forma de dar un consejo fuerte y de forma directa a alguien es utilizando You’d better o You had better cuando puede ocurrir algo negativo si alguien no sigue dicho consejo:

You’d better = Será mejor que… Deberías…

Diferencias con should y must

Comencemos viendo la diferencia de utilizar should y must para transmitir ideas:

• You had better get up early tomorrow.
  • Estás diciendo que algo malo puede pasar si no te levantas temprano mañana.
• You should get up early tomorrow.
  • Con should es un consejo personal de algo que podrías hacer.
• You must get up early tomorrow.
  • Con must es una orden que debes hacer.

Forma afirmativa

• You’d better use sunblock to avoid sunburns. You can’t sleep tonight!
• He’d better study for the test, it is tomorrow!

Forma negativa

• You’d better not go to bed late tonight. You have an interview tomorrow.
• She’d better not eat a lot, late she could have a stomach ache.

Forma interrogativa

• Had I better go to the bathroom before I go inside to the cinema?
• Had you better be more patient with him?

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Contribución creada por: Kevin Fiorentino.