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Writingtosms Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Expansion of We'd

Hi

I came across this statement - It's a popular restaurant so we'd better make a booking.

I'd like to understand the expansion of the word we'd.

Please help


Thank you

  

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we'd better = we had better "had better" is a set phrase used to express the desirability or necessity of doing something (in this case making a booking). Its grammatical explanation is not obvious to ordinary modern speakers. html

  • we'd better = we had better "had better" is a set phrase used to express the desirability or necessity of doing something (in this case making a booking).
  • Its grammatical explanation is not obvious to ordinary modern speakers.
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we'd better = we had better

"had better" is a set phrase used to express the desirability or necessity of doing something (in this case making a booking). Its grammatical explanation is not obvious to ordinary modern speakers. There is a short article about this phrase at

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