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Re: "'d"
Posted By: Tyler, on host 204.60.41.179
Date: Sunday, June 6, 1999, at 05:20:12
In Reply To: "'d" posted by concerned on Sunday, June 6, 1999, at 03:20:51:

> Does anyone out there care about this:
>
> You would write "you'd" short for "you would" or "he'd" for "he had". But should anyone write "Sue'd" for "Sue had"? Or worse "The house'd..."?
>

I would only use them (except the house one, which is bizarre) if I were writing something involving dialogue, and that was the way the character's talked.

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