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Reply With QuoteWell, I don't know how your test book presented the statements or question about the statements. But the contraction in #1, "we'd" is not for "we should", rather it represents "we would". There is no valid contraction for "we should".Originally Posted by lille82
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- 03-Feb-2013, 18:12 #1
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`d have to / should have to The test book says only the first sentence is correct. Could anybody please explain why?
1. She said we`d have to follow her instructions.
2. She said we should have to follow her instructions.
- 03-Feb-2013, 18:37 #2
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- 03-Feb-2013, 18:44 #3
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Re: `d have to / should have to Thank you.
- 03-Feb-2013, 18:47 #4
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Re: `d have to / should have to The second is possible for those speakers of BrE who observe the shall/will difference. It's a reporting of the words, "You will have to follow my instructions".
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