How often have you begun you sentence with you should when a friend asks you for some advice? Friend: I can’t decide what colour of T-shirt to buy. The purple or the yellow? You: I think you should get the yellow one. It suits you better. You should this, you should that, you should ….Continue reading “You should…”
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OUGHT TO / HAD BETTER
I want to hear your opinion regarding the following two sentences: (1) They HAD BETTER be punctual for class tomorrow (2) They OUGHT TO be punctual for class tomorrow They are both grammatically correct but are they the same or different in meaning?