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minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 months agoIt would be a contraction of had: “I had better write…” Using would there doesn’t make sense.
minus-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMore or less my point, languages are weird with lots of arbitrary idiomatic things—‘would rather’ but ‘had better’. After posting the comment I’ve thought ‘wait, it makes more sense for it to be should’ so my guesses are a bit off today.
It would be a contraction of had: “I had better write…” Using would there doesn’t make sense.
More or less my point, languages are weird with lots of arbitrary idiomatic things—‘would rather’ but ‘had better’.
After posting the comment I’ve thought ‘wait, it makes more sense for it to be should’ so my guesses are a bit off today.