Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed"

[Yankee]

It would sound more natural to me this way:

I'd've thought she'd've liked her present.

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[Molly]

And if you needed emphasis for any reason?

[Lost_Soul]

[Yankee]

:lol:
Hi Alex

Actually, what those contractions often sound like in spoken AmE is something like this:

I'd've = I-da
she'd've = she-da

These sorts of contractions are quite common in spoken English, but they are rarely mentioned in ESL books.

I bet if you continue to listen to Bart closely, you'll hear these types of contractions.
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[Duc]

Thank you very very very much !It helped solving my problem.Thank you :D
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