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Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed" Mon May 12, 2008 7:59 am  Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed"
 

It would sound more natural to me this way:

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

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Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed" Mon May 12, 2008 8:20 am  Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed"
 

And if you needed emphasis for any reason?
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Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed" Mon May 12, 2008 8:21 am  Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed"
 

Yankee wrote:
I'd've thought she'd've liked her present.

Wow, that's a mouthful, Amy Laughing It would be a cold day in hell when I pronounce this phrase in the same breath.
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Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed" Mon May 12, 2008 13:54 pm  Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed"
 

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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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Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed" Mon May 12, 2008 14:31 pm  Speacial usage of 'would have V-ed"
 

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