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Workman Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Tense

Hi

Clarification please.

"I'd better go and pick up the car".

I think this sentence is common enough, but should we refer to future events using "had".

Thanks

Grant
  

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That's indeed what that contraction stands for in this case.

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That's indeed what that contraction stands for in this case.
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Yes thanks, my question was not about the contraction but the tense. Should you use "had" in a sentence that describes a future event? ie picking up the car?
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'Had better' is a modal idiom, Grant, and actually, it has no past tense form. It refers only to the non-past:

We'd better pick up the car today or tomorrow.
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Thanks for your help.
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