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The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English.  1996.

3. Word Choice: New Uses, Common Confusion, and Constraints

§ 46. better


better and best.  Which do you think is best? The chocolate chip or the mocha supreme? For a discussion of the use of superlatives to compare two things, see better / best under Grammar.    1
had better.  You better not. Is it OK to leave the had out of had better? For an answer to this question, see had better under Grammar.    2


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