• FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    “I don’t think he’d better”

    Fuckin’ wot mate?

    So many better ways to word that lol

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      23 hours ago

      It makes sense though and is grammatically correct. It is the same as saying “I think he had better not (do that)”

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        16 hours ago

        I got the intent but a simple “I don’t think he should” or “I don’t think that’s a good idea” reads much better. People don’t really talk like that, at least not anymore. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that sentiment expressed that way lol.

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          12 hours ago

          People don’t really talk like that, at least not anymore.

          But this comic strip is from 1988 lol

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          16 hours ago

          Definitely heard people taking like that.

          Also, re “not anymore” this is almost 40 years old, remember.

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            3 hours ago

            I take it back. I was celebrating and cross-faded last night. Forgot that “You’d better blahblahblah” was a colloquial phrase. It’s just when you unabbreviate the contractions it is very awkwardly worded. He pushed it a bit lol. My bad.

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            14 hours ago

            I mean I added the not anymore because I realized lol.

            “I do not think he would better” just doesn’t seem right to me.