[General] Meaning of sentence

[Anil Giria]

He told me that things were going well, that he'd had a god Christmas.


WHAT is the meaning of bold sentence. Is 'd means would or something else.



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[MikeNewYork]

It should be "a good Christmas". The he'd means "he had".

 

[Anil Giria]

But in the sentence there is already had.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes, so we have "he had had".

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that a better title would have been That he'd had a good Christmas.

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[emsr2d2]

"He had had a good Christmas" is a sentence which uses the past perfect tense. Have you studied that tense yet?

 

[Anil Giria]

Yes I know that had used during past perfect. I doubt only 'd could be read as would.

Now I understand by reading the sentence we have to understand whether it could be would or had.?

And when we use had and had twice whether it means very good Christmas


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[MikeNewYork]

When we say "He had had a good Christmas, the good Christmas occurred at a time before some other action in the past.

Tom came to the bar yesterday and he told us he had had a good Christmas.

 

[SoothingDave]

"He would had" is not a correct tense. So the " 'd " must be a "had" from context.

 

[emsr2d2]

He'd be hungry = He would be hungry.
He'd been hungry = He had been hungry.

I'd be happy to come to your party = I would be happy ...
I'd been happy ever since the party = I had been happy ever since ...

You have to look at the context and the rest of the sentence to work out what the 'd means.