I'd've

[Neal Whitman]

I remember my Latin II class in high school, when I went up to the board to
do the future passive conjugation of a verb. I translated "factum erit" as
"it'll've been done." One of my classmates complained that "it'll've" wasn't
legit, but my teacher quite sensibly told him it was perfectly fine.

Neal Whitman
Email: nwhitman at ameritech.net
Blog: http://literalminded.wordpress.com

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From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: I'd've


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> At 2:35 AM +0000 7/31/09, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>See "I'd've" below.  I haven't seen a double apostrophe before.
>
> Sheltered life!  I've seen many, in particular involving variants of
> this one ("she'd've", "they'd've", etc.).  There are 137,000 raw
> g-hits for "I'd've".
>
> LH
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>>
>>I have taught a lot of subjects and activities over the years and in
>>each case had a level of expertise higher than my students. I knew
>>the subject or sport, was more experienced in it, was able to model
>>and participate on a level higher than the students. I'd be able to
>>win a game (Well, I'd've won a few years back. Now I get awfully
>>tired.)
>>
>>
>>Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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