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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

If it would help, we'd be happy.

If it'd help, we'd be happy to have you resubmit it.

Q) What is the first contraction? is it "would"?
  

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Both -'d contractions are "would."
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If I say "if it helps, it ...", what's the difference from it?
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Using "would" indicates a hypothetical scenario; "if it would help, we would be glad to have you resubmit it." They're not sure that having you resubmit it will actually help, so they're just guessing. If you replace "if it'd help" with "if it helps", then you have to change "we'd" to "we'll", as that is the present tense (and thus matches "helps"). The meaning of the sentence is the same, and it
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Hi,
moon7296What is the first contraction? Is it "would"?
Yes, this would is somewhat tentative, not definite. Usually, it is used to make polite suggestions.

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