"It'd" is something I hear often in conversations but never see on paper. It would be fine to use in spoken word but I wouldn't recommend it for if you're writing an essay or story. Answer from FloridaFlamingoGirl on reddit.com
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Gymglish
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Contractions: 'would' vs 'had': How and When to Use - Gymglish
The auxiliary verbs would and had are both contracted to 'd. How can they be distinguished? • Would is always followed by a verb in the infinitive without the to:
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Reddit
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r/EnglishLearning on Reddit: Is it'd (it would) a common contraction?
April 5, 2023 -
To my non-native ear, it sounds awkward to pronounce t and d together. Do you natives agree? Should I use it here?
Can you imagine? It would be hilarious.
Can you imagine? It'd be hilarious.
San Jose State University
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Contractions [pdf]
Here are some common contractions and the groups of words that they represent. aren’t are not · there’s there is; there has · can’t can not · they’d they had; they would · couldn’t could not · they’ll they will; they shall ·
Reddit
reddit.com › r/grammar › question: i am having a hard time trying to figure out if “i'ld“ (for “i would”) is a correct word/contraction or not. i really, sincerely believe, that “i’d” is the only correct form and spelling, isn’t it?
r/grammar on Reddit: Question: I am having a hard time trying to figure out if “I'ld“ (for “I would”) is a correct word/contraction or not. I really, sincerely believe, that “I’d” is the only correct form and spelling, isn’t it?
April 2, 2019 -
I only know ONE person, that uses the contraction “I’ld”, and she believes that this is an okay form to use. I really want to prove my friend wrong.
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I have never even heard of using "I'ld", although I may not be the most authoritative source. I guess the point of contractions is to take out letters, though, and it certainly is a contraction of "I would", but I would never use it because it seems more awkward and it is one more letter than the conventionally accepted "I'd". Also, how does this person pronounce it? It seems like it would be very weird, at least with the possible expected pronunciations of /ɪld/, /aʊld/, and /aɪld/.
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“I’ld” is a seemingly antiquated contraction mostly used now by older people, apparently. While I think it’s technically correct, I think you’d be better off using “I’d” in virtually any situation.
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I would must be followed by an infinitive without to ( or perfect infinitive as in I would have gone). I had must be followed either by an object (a noun phrase, e.g. I had a little lamb, in which meaning it is rarely contracted) or by a verb's past participle. So it's (almost) always possible to distinguish between them by analyzing the words that follow.
Examples:
I'd go. (go = infinitive => 'd = would)
I'd had. (had = participle => 'd = had)
The only ambiguous case is when the verb's infinitive coincides with its participle.
I'd put. (could be would or had)
But these cases are rare and the meaning can be deduced if more context is provided
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It will usually be clear from the context. For example, in the sentence I’d like to have a million dollars, I’d can only be a contraction of I would. By contrast, in I’d been there some time, it can only be a contraction of I had.
WordReference
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It'd = It would? [Contraction with 'would'] | WordReference Forums
January 12, 2017 - I would= I'd You would = You'd He would = He'd She would = She'd We would = We'd They would= They'd What about for the pronoun " it " ? The authors didn't give any examples for " it " in their grammar book.
Quora
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'He'd' is a contraction of 'he would'. 'Would've' is a contraction of 'would have'. Is it ok to write 'he'd've' as a contraction of 'he would have'? - Quora
Answer (1 of 10): Thanks for the A2A, Barney. Yes, it is absolutely okay. I can see why people might think it looks a bit odd, with two apostrophes in quick succession, but it's perfectly right. In Jane Austen’s time they did this with contractions like “sha'n't” and “wo'n't,” but we don't do t...
Speakspeak
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‘d = “had” or “would”
May 15, 2018 - The contraction I’d can mean “I would” or “I had”. Here are some similar examples: You’d = you would or you had He’d = he would or he had She’d = she…
Cambridge Dictionary
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Contractions - English Grammar Today - Cambridge Dictionary
The following are the most common contractions. ’m = am (I’m) ’re = are (you’re, we’re, they’re) ’s = is and has (he’s, she’s, it’s) ’ve = have (’ve, you’ve, we’ve, they’ve) ’ll = will (I’ll, you’ll, he’ll, she’ll, it’ll, we’ll, they’ll) ’d = had and would (I’d, you’d, he’d, she’d, it’d, we’d, they’d) The contraction for not is n’t: We use contractions with be + negative in two ways: She is not is contracted to she isn’t or she’s not.
Reddit
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r/linguistics on Reddit: Why is "I'd" a contraction for either "I would" or "I had" but not "I should"?
November 13, 2018 -
Both "would" and "should" are modal verbs so is there some fundamental reason why one can be contracted and the other cannot?
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Because the "sh" sound is so strong that it doesn't get dropped. /w/ and /h/ are both quite weak so they're easily dropped.
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There's basically never a "fundamental" reason for things like this. The explanation likely has to do with multiple factors: -as one user already mentioned, the "sh" sound is stronger. Another way of thinking of this is that the path of sound change it would take to get from this sound to nothing is longer. -there are good reasons why we wouldn't want to conflate meanings like "would" vs. "should". "Would" and "had" need different verb forms after them so we can distinguish them even if the words themselves are contracted. But "would" and "should" need the same forms, so they'd be indistinguishable. -Things like contraction happen more often with very common words. But "should" is significantly less common in usage than the other two words, so we would expect it to be less subject to those processes.
University of Sussex
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Contractions : The Apostrophe
Such contractions represent the most useful job the apostrophe does for us, since, without it, we would have no way of expressing in writing the difference between she'll and shell, he'll and hell, can't and cant, I'll and ill, we're and were, she'd and shed, we'll and well, and perhaps a few ...
EnglishClass101
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Speak English Naturally with WOULD contractions: I'D, YOU'D, HE'D... - EnglishClass101
March 2, 2022 - In this lesson, you'll learn about the "would" contractionsVisit EnglishClass101 and learn English fast with real lessons by real teachers.
Grammarly
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What Are Contractions in Writing? Definition and Examples | Grammarly
August 10, 2022 - Contractions are a kind of abbreviation that combines two or more words by removing certain letters and usually adding an apostrophe. Only certain words can be contracted: typically small and common words (not, is/are), especially pronouns (I, he/she/it, they), and modal verbs (can, will, might, must, should, would, could).
Grammarplainandsimple
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1067. Contractions with Would - Grammar, Plain and Simple
May 20, 2025 - When joining two words to make the contraction with would, we take out the letters woul.I would = I'dyou would = you'dhe would = he'dshe would = she'dthey would = they'dwe would = we'd Look at these sentence examples:I would help you if I could.I'd ...
Ginseng English
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Contractions with Two Meanings | Ginseng English | Learn English
March 23, 2022 - Lots of contractions! Contractions are two words put together in a shorter form. We use lots of contractions in English: isn't (is not) doesn't (does not), didn't (did not), can't (cannot), won't (will not). I'm (I am), you're (you are), we're (we are) . There are tons of them! Confusing con
Quora
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What's the meaning of I’d? Is it ‘I had’ or ‘I would’? - Quora
What is ('d) exactly used for? Does it mean "had," "did" and "would"? Is it any sort of contraction? It is a contraction that stands for both 'had', and 'would'. The syntactic context w...
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Contractions (Grammar) | Definition & Examples
May 2, 2025 - I think we’re. NoteSome contractions have more than one possible meaning. For example, “she’d” can mean “she had” or “she would.” The correct meaning is usually clear from the context of the sentence.
Wikipedia
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Contraction (grammar) - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - In general, any monosyllabic word ending in e caduc (schwa) contracts if the following word begins with a vowel, h or y (as h is silent and absorbed by the sound of the succeeding vowel; y sounds like i). In addition to ce → c'- (demonstrative pronoun "that"), these words are que → qu'- (conjunction, relative pronoun, or interrogative pronoun "that"), ne → n'- ("not"), se → s'- ("himself", "herself", "itself", "oneself" before a verb), je → j'- ("I"), me → m'- ("me" before a verb), te → t'- (informal singular "you" before a verb), le or la → l'- ("the"; or "he", "she", "it" before a verb or after an imperative verb and before the word y or en), and de → d'- ("of"). Unlike with English contractions, however, those contractions are mandatory: one would never say (or write) *ce est or *que elle.