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#2 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:25 pm Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) |
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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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Edison_Chen_e_c I'm here quite often ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:27 pm Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) |
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| 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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Edison_Chen_e_c I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:31 pm but I though |
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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?? |
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Jon You can meet me at english-test.net
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#5 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:37 pm but I though |
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| 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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Lost_Soul I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 15:22 pm Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) |
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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. . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:14 pm Conditional (If we had more money we might OR we'd better travel a lot.) |
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| OK, the school now is starting, and then I will turn to you if problems arise. |
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Edison_Chen_e_c I'm here quite often ;-)
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