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#80764 Sun, 13 Mar 05 05:52 AM
I the contraction you'd...you had or you would?
I have heard the sentence You'd better get to work is that just lazy English or a real contraction?
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#80858 Sun, 13 Mar 05 02:22 PM
In your sentence, 'you'd better' means 'you had better'. There is nothing lazy about it; it is normal spoken English. If you are writing a formal paper, you should spell it out completely, as you should any contraction.
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