Man: Now Carly, that's my older daughter, has just had her seventh birthday, so presumably she['d] be in a different group?
Could anybody tell me the meaning of 'd and the usage of it?
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6It's a contraction of had or would.– RobustoJun 22, 2022 at 4:00
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@Robusto Would you tell me, in this situation, that is would or had and exactly the usage of it?– bartender5564Jun 22, 2022 at 4:32
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More generally, the meaning of an apostrophe is that it replaces one or more letters. In this case, it replaces the "woul" of "would". Most commonly, it reflects a "weakened" pronunciation of a following word, so that what was formerly a separate word becomes a suffix of the previous word.– chepnerJun 22, 2022 at 13:26
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You are using 2 contractions in the Post:
that's == "that is"
she'd == "she would" (in this Particular case; In other context it can be "she had")
There is no space in the contractions.
Situation to Explain the Sentence:
Imagine that School girls are being put in groups according to age. Carly wants to be in the same group as her cousin, who is 6 years old. Since Carly has become 7 years old recently, her father is asking the teacher whether Carly "would" be in a Different group or whether she and her cousin "would" be considered the same age group.
Here are more about contractions:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/contractions/
https://www.thoughtco.com/contractions-commonly-used-informal-english-1692651
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/contractions
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/contraction-grammar-guide
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As the comment says, it's a contraction of "she had [been] [in a different group]".
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1@fool2951 …presumably she'd [she would] be in a different group. It's: I / you / he / she / he / it / we / you / they would be. Jun 22, 2022 at 13:12