# we'd

Pronunciation: say "WEED" /wiːd/

## Contraction

1. Contraction of we would. — Contraction of we would.
   - Simple: Short way to say we would. Use it for we would in most sentences, but not at the end of one.
   - _We'd happily help with the move if you asked us._
   - _She promised we'd reach the coast by nightfall._
2. Contraction of we had. — Contraction of we had.
   - Simple: Short way to say we had. Use it before a past participle, as in we'd finished, or in we'd better.
   - _We'd never seen such a storm before that night._
   - _By the time the train left, we'd said our goodbyes._

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