English language contraction

0Anon,02br
00Here I think "we'd" stands for "we would" and not "we had".02br
00"I think we would better run".02br
00Also, it seems to me there is kind of an implied "if" clause which is why "would" makes sense :02br
00"I think [if we were smart enough then] we would better run".02br
00But I'm not a native... Nor am I a grammar guru...0

0 "we'd" stands for "we had".02br
00 The idiom is "had better" followed by the base form of the verb.02br
00 It means that something bad may happen if we don't run.02br
00 Because it is an idiom, it doesn't seem to follow the usual rules!02br
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0OK. In the sentence below, what is the base form of verb?02br
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10OK. In the sentence below, what is the base form of verb?12br
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10"Run" is the base form of the verb, Anon.0-

0 Ooops ! I stand corrected then. Sorry Anon if I've mislead you and thank you CalifJim ! 0-

The contraction we'd stands for three things we should, we had, and we could.

from: master english man

Sorry, Master English Man, but I disagree with you. The contraction we'd is not used to mean we should or we could.

As has already been mentioned earlier in the thread, the contraction we'd can mean either "we had" or "we would".