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Maria D Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

You'd know the answer to this

Hello!

Could you help me, please?

In the film "A Good Year" Russel Crowe says "You'd know the answer to this". And then he asks a question. According to the situations the idea is "you definitely know the answer". I guess, this is a set-phrase. But the contraction "d", what is the verb? Would? Should? Could?

Thank you!

  

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Maria D But the contraction "d", what is the verb? would Thre are no contractions where the "d" is "should" or "could".

  • Maria D But the contraction "d", what is the verb?
  • would Thre are no contractions where the "d" is "should" or "could".
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Maria DBut the contraction "d", what is the verb?

would

Thre are no contractions where the "d" is "should" or "could".

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"You'd know the answer to this".

The unspoken conditional is

If I askd you, you'd know the answer to this.

Clive

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