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Latest post Sat, Oct 31 2009 2:05 PM by chiageraldine. 4 replies.
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chiageraldine  +  958018 Sat, 31 Oct 09 12:37 PM

In this sentence, what does YOU'D mean?


You'd better not try anything in this school.


Does it mean, YOU SHOULD, or YOU WOULD?


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Cool Breeze  +  958029 Sat, 31 Oct 09 12:54 PM
The idiom is you had better not try but in other contexts you'd may mean you would.


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chiageraldine  +  958063 Sat, 31 Oct 09 01:44 PM
so in this sentence, you'd means "YOU HAD"? is that right?


YOU'D is never used with "YOU SHOULD"? am i right?


thanks

Philip  +  958068 Sat, 31 Oct 09 01:50 PM
chiageraldine
“so in this sentence, you'd means "YOU HAD"? is that right?

 

YOU'D is never used with "YOU SHOULD"? am i right?

 

thanks

Exactly.

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chiageraldine, 26 days ago
thank you.
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