🔒 Closed Is this correct: "you better leave right now"?

[plhbg1]

No, it is not correct to use “better + verb.”

It is correct to use “had better + verb.”

The base forms of verbs are used after the phrase had better, which acts exactly like the modal verb should, to suggest a required or desirable action.
Examples:

• “You [had better][should] clean this room up before your father gets home.”
• “I think we [had better][should] go home soon.”
• “You [had better][should] hurry. The train leaves at three.”
• “You [had better][should] not delay. Do it right now.”
• “Since it is snowing heavily, I think you [had better][should] stay home.”

‘You (‘d) better leave …’ is spoken/colloquial but ‘had better leave’ is more correct. (Meaning, you should or it’s a good idea …)

 

[JabolWock]

thanks i should/had better remember this

 

[mutagenesisx]

in america: get off my lawn!
rednecks: go get!
hillbillies: get off my property!