CafeDiem Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Hi there, long time reader... first time poster. I thought you ladies might be able to answer this question for me. Anyone I've asked in person has had no idea what I am talking about... Ok, am I crazy or was I taught that would used in a contration was 'LD? As in, I'ld for I would even though the L was silent. I'ld like some more cake. We just hit a grammar lesson on contractions and Rod and Staff does not teach 'ld only 'd. So I would is I'd. To me that only means I had. I was about to take out my pen and "fix" this lesson in his book because I'd for I would just looks so wrong to me but thought maybe I'ld be doing more harm then good. ;) Does anyone use I'ld any more or this a completely outdated contraction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I have never come across "I'ld" as a contraction for "I would". "I'd like some more cake" is clearly understood as "I would like some more cake". The context makes it perfectly clear that it can not stand for "I had like some more cake"- this sentence would not make sense. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromA2Z Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I have never heard or seen I'ld. I'd is the contraction for I would. There is (as far as I know) no contraction for I had. Though I've (I have) is frequently used in front of it - As in: I've had enough! -smiley- but we wouldn't say I'd a cookie for I had a cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I have never seen "'ld" in my life. I searched online and some people who went to school in the 60s said they were taught 'ld. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromA2Z Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 This seemed so strange to me... I had to look it up. Apparently, I'ld was taught awhile ago (though I think not commonly) in some places like England and Canada and NE US. Shakespeare and Aldous Huxley also used it (one time each). I can definitely see a pirate saying it. Yeah, and I'm totally wrong about I had. It would be used for phrases such as I'd been to the movies or I'd read a book. I don't really talk that way, I'd (he, he) say I went to the movies or just plain I read a book. But I would say, "I'd better be going". Can't wait to start grammar! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CafeDiem Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 LOL. So I am crazy. Well, I'm glad I just ignored it in his book and taught the lesson as written. I did a quick search too and it does seem like a very old contraction. I'm now wondering how on earth I learned it. I went to Catholic schools in elementary school and we used some seriously old books and if the nuns found a pencil mark in one... watch out! So it must be left over from those days. Although, I have to say that those super old phonics/grammar books were a blessing. My poor younger brothers were only subjected to the public school's "whole language" program. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I have never heard of "ld" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Reindeer Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Hello. Tolkien used " I' ld " as a contraction of "I would" frequently in his unfinished The Notion Club Papers which he started in the 1940s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Zombie thread, resurrected by someone on his/her first visit here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Glad it was resurrected. I’d never heard of I’ld before. Neither has Apple as my phone kept trying to correct my spelling. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHP Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 2/15/2013 at 10:51 AM, FromA2Z said: Shakespeare and Aldous Huxley also used it (one time each). I think Shakespeare uses I'ld a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 30 minutes ago, Janeway said: Glad it was resurrected. I’d never heard of I’ld before. Neither has Apple as my phone kept trying to correct my spelling. As it should, since we don't use it in American English. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I got a ❤️ on an eight year old post! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLinda Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 And 7 months after that, I’m digging this apparent dead word (or contraction) up again. How young are all of you that haven’t heard of “I’ld” ?!?! I am only 47. It was normal when I was in school. I was raised in Kansas, Of the United States of America! In my opinion, the reason hardly anybody uses it anymore, & it is not taught anymore, is because so many illiterate people would use I’d instead. Because they didn’t learn their lesson in school. So it just became accepted that we would use the D without the L. (My eyes rolling back, as I shake my head.) @FromA2Z, I bet you use “I had” as a contraction a lot more than you realize. A popular one would be, “I’d better get going now.” Yes, it works without the had, but most still say I’d. @CafeDiemNo, you are not crazy. You were well educated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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