Re: USAGE: I'd rather (was: Re: Journalists)

Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> On 6/27/07, Ph. D. <phil@...> wrote:
>>
>> It reminds me of the use of "better" in sentences such
>> as "I think you'd better go now" analyzed as "It would
>> be better if you would go now"
>
> A similar case, but the "you'd" in that case is short for "you had"
> rather than "you would", so it's a little harder to analyze.

True enough. One even hears sentences such as "The
boss told me to stack all the extra boxes, so I guess I
better had."

--Ph. D.