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Giving advice — should / ought to / had better / if I were you

Should, ought to, had better, if I were you: one warning growing stronger with each step

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Le contenu académique est en arabe, comme au BAC et comme dans l’application.

Ce que le programme attend de toi

  • Giving advice: should/ought to/had better/if I were you

La méthode

  1. Match the modal to its force: should < ought to ≈ had better < if I were you (more personal)

Les erreurs fréquentes

  • had better + to (wrong: had better to go)

Extrait du cours

Ali just discovered that a shipment of counterfeit spare parts is about to go out labeled as genuine. He turns to a coworker and asks, "What do I do?"

Le vocabulaire

  • had better (من الأفضل أن)
  • if I were you (لو كنت مكانك)

Ce qui n’est pas au programme

  • Expressing regret/complaint (previous concept)

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