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What is the difference between had better do something and had better be doing something? For example:
It's 8 AM, so I had better leave for work if don't want to be late.
It's 8 AM, so I had better be leaving for work if don't want to be late.
Does the use of had better be leaving implies that it's not really important to me wheter I will be late or not. If I mistaken, then what do native English speakers mean by using the had better be doing structure instead of had better do one?
If someone says that you had better do something, they mean you should do that thing. If they say that you had better be doing something, they mean that they expect you to be doing that thing now (or already), and the speaker will be angry (or you will get in trouble, or a bad thing will happen) if you are not.
