Timeline for What's the meaning of "You better take this"?
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| Jul 11, 2020 at 0:26 | comment | added | Dan | @BoldBen - Agreed. Tone is obviously important. But also, usually, the fewer words used, the more imperative/peremptory the command. | |
| Jul 10, 2020 at 1:29 | comment | added | BoldBen | @Dan It might soften it but it doesn't soften it much. As far as I'm concerned they're both potentially abrupt, it would depend on the tone of voice. | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 2:11 | comment | added | candied_orange | I don't think pronoun means what you think it means. | |
| Jan 9, 2016 at 22:47 | comment | added | Dan | "Take this" is a simple and direct order. "You take this" - the pronoun softens the order and makes it less brusque. | |
| Jan 9, 2016 at 21:11 | comment | added | candied_orange | You can say that. But you better not. | |
| Jan 9, 2016 at 20:56 | comment | added | Colin Fine | No. This is plain wrong. It is possible that "You better" is now being reanalysed as something other than a rapid version of "You'd better", but even if it is, it has nothing to do with authority. You('d) better take this is better contrasted with you can take this, not with you take this, which is indeed usually an order. | |
| Jan 9, 2016 at 20:46 | history | edited | candied_orange | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2016 at 20:40 | history | answered | candied_orange | CC BY-SA 3.0 |