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    Had Better: Unit 01: Ill-Gotten Gains Never Prosper

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    Unit 01 discusses ethics in business and fighting fraud and corruption. It states that ill-gotten gains never prosper, as corruption and unethical behavior will be discovered and face consequences over time. The unit provides an overview of grammatical structures like conditionals and expressions used to give advice, express regret or desires, and show cause and effect relationships that will help discuss these topics. Key topics of the unit are maintaining ethical standards, recognizing signs of fraud, and understanding conditional language.

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    Unit 01 discusses ethics in business and fighting fraud and corruption. It states that ill-gotten gains never prosper, as corruption and unethical behavior will be discovered and face consequences over time. The unit provides an overview of grammatical structures like conditionals and expressions used to give advice, express regret or desires, and show cause and effect relationships that will help discuss these topics. Key topics of the unit are maintaining ethical standards, recognizing signs of fraud, and understanding conditional language.

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    Unit 01: Ill-Gotten Gains Never Prosper

     Had better (’d better)


    “Ethics in Business: Fighting Fraud and Corruption”

     Expressing Condition using: We use “had better, should, ought to” in order to advise.

    (If, provided that, providing that, as long as) E.g.

    -You had better phone your parents now! They may worry
    about you.

    * We use First conditional sentences in order to talk - You’d better phone your parents now! They may worry
    about future possible events. about you.

    Rule:
    E.g.
    If he studies hard, he will pass the exam. “Had better” is used with the verb in the infinitive without
    to.
    Simple Present Future Simple
    * The negative form is:
    Or:
    Had better not/ ’d better not
    He will pass the exam if he studies hard.
    E.g.
    Future Simple Simple Present
    - You look sick. You had better not go to school.
    Remark:

    * We can replace “If type I” with: “providing that,


    provided that or as long as”.
     It’s high time / It’s about
    If he studies hard , he will pass the exam. time
    Condition Result
    *We use “It’s high time or It’s about time” to complain,
    criticize or express dissatisfaction. You are thinking that the
    action should have been performed in the past.
    If
    Providing that + V. Simple , V. Future Rule:
    Provided that Present Simple
    As long as It’s high time/ It’s about time + Subject+ V. Simple past.

    E.g.
    E.g. It’s high time she did some work for her BAC exam.

    Providing that he studies hard, he will pass the exam.

     Wish / If only
     Unless
    * We use “wish” in order to express regret about a
    present situation, regret about the past, or a desire for
    * The link word unless means except if or if….not change in the near future.
    and introduces a condition.
    I. Regret about a present situation:
    E.g.
    *Somebody expresses regret about not being on holiday
    - If you don’t work hard, you will fail. now.
    - Unless you work hard, you will fail. => I wish I were on holiday now. (But he is not)
    Rule:

    Subject+ wish+ subject + V.simple past


    Remark: We use “were” instead of “was”. So….that
    II. Regret about something in the past: * She is so kind; as a result, all people respect her.

    *Somebody regretted not listening to you advice Cause: she is so kind


    yesterday.
    Effect: All people respect her.
    => I wish I had listened to your advice yesterday.
    Rule:
    She is so kind that all people respect her.
    Subject+ wish+ subject + V. past perfect.

    III. Future desire: Rule:


    * Somebody expresses the desire of seeing his friend Subject+ verb+ so+ adjective+ that+ effect clause.
    changing his horrible look.

    =>I wish you would change your horrible look.


    Rule:

    Subject+ wish+ subject + would+ V. infinitive


    without to.

    Remark:

    A wish about ourselves is expressed through the use of


    could instead of would.

    E.g.

    I wish I could lose weight.

     Cause / Effect

    Such…..that

    *He is a corrupt person; as a consequence, people do not


    trust him.
    Cause: He is a corrupt person

    Effect: People do not trust him.

    He is such a corrupt person that people do not trust him.

    Rule:

    Subject+ verb+ such+ noun phrase+ that+ effect clause.

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