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Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) #1 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:18 pm   Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.)
 

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"

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Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) #2 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:25 pm   Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.)
 

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.
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Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:27 pm   Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.)
 

By the way are you from spain? You name yourself after 'alumno'. Maybe you can help me with my Spanish question?
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but I though #4 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:31 pm   but I though
 

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

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

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What is your spanish question??
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but I though #5 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:37 pm   but I though
 

alumno wrote:
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??


We'd better = we had better (like we had a better choice)
We'd rather/sooner = we would rather/sooner (here you cant say "we had a rather choice, since would")
We'd + a verb = We would + a verb

In your case you can use "We'd" instead of "We might"

BTW, I always wondered where the word alumni came from. Now I know - from Spanish
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Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) #6 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 15:22 pm   Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.)
 

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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Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) #7 (permalink) Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:14 pm   Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.)
 

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