'd
See also: Appendix:Variations of "d"
English
Etymology
Contractions.
Verb
'd
- Contraction of had. (marking the pluperfect tense).
- (some dialectal) Contraction of had., possessed.
- Polly Von
- She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan.
- Polly Von
- Contraction of would..
- I’d like to help, but I have no time.
- (colloquial) Contraction of did..
- Hey, where’d everybody go? Why’d they take off?
- Why the hell'd you do that?
Usage notes
- In most dialects, -’d is only used to mark the pluperfect tense (“I’d done something.”, “I had done something.”), and not to signify possession in the past (“I had something.”). Some dialects, however, use -’d for both.
- Compare -'d.
Related terms
- ’s (third person)
- ’ve
- ’ll