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Use had, not have; it gives advice about the coming walk rather than describing the past.","We had better take some water for the walk.",[],{"words":21,"correct":31,"wrongIndex":32,"corrections":33},[22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30],"We","have","better","take","some","water","for","the","walk.","had",1,[31,34,35],"has","having",{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":32,"explanation":39,"exampleSentence":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a0e1ab-dae9-78ff-a301-79e8ca65f67c","Before the tickets sell out, Maya has better choose a date.","Even with a singular subject such as Maya, the expression stays had better. Do not change had to has. The risk of tickets selling out explains the advice.","Before the tickets sell out, Maya had better choose a date.",[],{"words":43,"correct":31,"wrongIndex":52,"corrections":53},[44,29,45,46,47,48,34,24,49,50,51],"Before","tickets","sell","out,","Maya","choose","a","date.",6,[23,31,54],"is",{"id":56,"sentenceTemplate":57,"displayOrder":58,"explanation":59,"exampleSentence":60,"blanks":61,"payload":62},"01a0e1ab-dae9-793b-a301-79e8caf1dea1","The roads are icy; we had better not driving tonight.",2,"Negative advice uses had better not plus the base form drive. Neither a past form nor a participle can replace the base verb after not.","The roads are icy; we had better not drive tonight.",[],{"words":63,"correct":72,"wrongIndex":73,"corrections":74},[64,65,66,67,68,31,24,69,70,71],"The","roads","are","icy;","we","not","driving","tonight.","drive",8,[75,76,72],"driven","drove",{"id":78,"sentenceTemplate":79,"displayOrder":80,"explanation":81,"exampleSentence":82,"blanks":83,"payload":84},"01a0e1ab-dae9-796b-a301-79e8cafd2d53","Had I better wearing boots for the long walk?",3,"In this fairly formal question, had comes before the subject. The main verb still takes the base form wear after better.","Had I better wear boots for the long walk?",[],{"words":85,"correct":92,"wrongIndex":80,"corrections":93},[86,87,24,88,89,28,29,90,91],"Had","I","wearing","boots","long","walk?","wear",[94,92,95],"worn","wears",{"id":97,"sentenceTemplate":98,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":99,"exampleSentence":100,"blanks":101,"payload":102},"01a0e1ab-dae9-799b-a301-79e8cb30d8d4","The car had better starts this morning; our train leaves at nine.","With a thing as subject, had better expresses a strong expectation. It still takes the base verb start, without an -s ending.","The car had better start this morning; our train leaves at nine.",[],{"words":103,"correct":113,"wrongIndex":10,"corrections":114},[64,104,31,24,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112],"car","starts","this","morning;","our","train","leaves","at","nine.","start",[115,113,116],"starting","started",{"id":118,"sentenceTemplate":119,"displayOrder":120,"explanation":121,"exampleSentence":122,"blanks":123,"payload":124},"01a0e1ab-dae9-79cb-a301-79e8cb49e1de","With no pharmacy nearby, Leo doesn't better not forget his medicine.",5,"Negative advice uses had better not. The negative belongs after better; do not use does or doesn’t to build this structure.","With no pharmacy nearby, Leo had better not forget his medicine.",[],{"words":125,"correct":31,"wrongIndex":120,"corrections":135},[126,127,128,129,130,131,24,69,132,133,134],"With","no","pharmacy","nearby,","Leo","doesn't","forget","his","medicine.",[31,34,136],"did",{"id":138,"sentenceTemplate":139,"displayOrder":52,"explanation":140,"exampleSentence":141,"blanks":142,"payload":143},"01a0e1ab-dae9-79f7-a301-79e8cbbcf97b","The journey is long, so I having better eat something first.","Use the fixed expression had better, or its contraction I’d better. Having cannot replace had in this advice about what to do before the journey.","The journey is long, so I had better eat something first.",[],{"words":144,"correct":31,"wrongIndex":52,"corrections":151},[64,145,54,146,147,87,35,24,148,149,150],"journey","long,","so","eat","something","first.",[23,152,31],"am",{"id":154,"sentenceTemplate":155,"displayOrder":156,"explanation":157,"exampleSentence":158,"blanks":159,"payload":160},"01a0e1ab-dae9-7a27-a301-79e8cbfa233a","Hadn't we better write down the address and checking the route?",7,"Hadn’t we better can suggest shared action in a fairly formal question. Both coordinated actions take the base form: write and check.","Hadn't we better write down the address and check the route?",[],{"words":161,"correct":169,"wrongIndex":73,"corrections":170},[162,68,24,163,164,29,165,166,167,29,168],"Hadn't","write","down","address","and","checking","route?","check",[171,172,169],"checked","checks","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_2f92d5fd-87b5-4e74-a330-410551978dc3_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":175,"slug":176,"language":177,"level":178},"Had Better: Advice and Warnings","had-better-advice-and-warnings","en","B1"]