Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.)

[jon]

Hi all,

in the sentence:

"If we had more money we ________ travel a lot"

Which one is correct and why grammaatically??

"we'd better" or "we might"

Thanks a lot

[edison_chen_e_c]

If we had more money (now) we might travel a lot (now).

But in my opinion both of the two are correct grammatically, but 'might' is absolutely right filled in the sentence. The meaning is clear yet 'had better' is a little odd in the meaning.

[edison_chen_e_c]

By the way are you from spain? You name yourself after 'alumno'. Maybe you can help me with my Spanish question?

[jon]

But I though We'd refers to We Would ????

In this casse it is correct to use We'd ??

regards

What is your spanish question??

[lost_soul]

[Yankee]

Hi alumno

We'd better (we had better) doesn't make any sense in your sentence. Therefore, might is the correct option.

In your sentence, you could also possibly say "... we'd travel a lot" (we would travel a lot), but I think might is better in this case. It's more tentative (i.e. less sure) than would.
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[edison_chen_e_c]

OK, the school now is starting, and then I will turn to you if problems arise.