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English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1
  1. It is better go home now before the rain starts.
  2. You better go home now before the rain starts.
  3. You had better go home now before the rain starts.
    Do they all mean the same?
    Thanks
2

1 and 2 require correction

  1. It is better to go home now before the rain starts.
  2. You’d better go home now before the rain starts.
  3. You had better go home now before the rain starts.

2 and 3 mean the same.

3

Beeesneees,
2. You would better go home now before the rain starts.
3. You had better go home now before the rain starts.
Do #2 and #3 mean the same?
Thanks.

4

To me, ‘You had better go home before the rain starts now’ OR ‘You had better go home because the rain may start now’ looks preferable, Fathima.

5

It is not correct to use ‘would’ in message #4, sentence 2, Allifathima.

I would not add ‘now’ as suggested by Anglophile. That is not really logical. If it were raining ‘now’ then it would be too late to speak about ‘before it starts’.