Re: USAGE: I'd rather (was: Re: Journalists)

On 6/27/07, Ph. D. <phil@...> wrote:
> As Mark and Jeff said, this is a common construction
> in English.
>
> It reminds me of the use of "better" in sentences such
> as "I think you'd better go now" analyzed as "It would
> be better if you would go now"
A similar case, but the "you'd" in that case is short for "you had"
rather than "you would", so it's a little harder to analyze.
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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