GRAMATICA:

CONTRACCIONES: WOULD vs HAD

Las contracciones would y had se contraen con la forma 'd . Como se pueden distinguir?
Would siempre esta seguido de un verbo en infinitivo sin el to :
I'd like some sugar please. Yo quisiera un poco de azcar por favor.
I'd be glad to meet you. Me gustara conocerlo.

Had es seguido de un participio pasado, y nos permite conjugar el verbo en Pasado Perfecto:
When I arrived, she'd been in my office for two hours. Cuando yo llegu, ella haba estado en m
oficina durante dos horas.
Until he bought his sports car, he'd been saving money for years. Hasta cuando compro su carro
deportivo, l haba estado ahorrando dinero durante aos.

Observacin : Notese que existen otras expresiones ( had better , had best ...) utilizan had sin que
este sea seguido de un participio pasado:
I'd better leave. Es mejor que yo me valla.

Las contracciones (aren't, can't, I'd, you're...)

Aunque las contracciones en -n't son muy utilizadas en el lenguaje oral y escrito, en algunas
ocasiones estas no son fciles a entender. Veamos algunas contracciones muy comunes:
Aren't, contraccin de are not
Can't, contraccin de cannot (observacin: 'Cannot' siempre es una sola palabra)
Hadn't, contraccin de had not
Wasn't, contraccin de was not
Shouldn't, contraccin de should not
Isn't, contraccin de is not
Don't, contraccin de do not
Hasn't, contraccin de has not
Doesn't, contraccin de does not
Mustn't, contraccin de must not
Weren't, contraccin de were not
Wouldn't, contraccin de would not
Didn't, contraccin de did not
Los auxiliares to be y will frecuentemente son usados en su forma contrada:
I am

I 'm

I will

I 'll

You are

You 're

You will

You 'll

He/She/It is

He/She/It 's

He/She/It will

He/She/It 'll

We are

We 're

We will

We 'll

You are

You ' re

You will

You 'll

They are

They 're

They will

They 'll

Observacin : Existen algunas contracciones irregulares:

Shan't, contraccin de shall not (utilizada raramente)
Won't, contraccin de will not
Observacin : No todas las construcciones negativas se contraen de la forma -n't :
I am not a liar o I'm not a liar (Yo no soy un mentiroso.)
Notese que en el argot (o jerga) I am not puede contraerse por I ain't .
I may not arrive on time (Puede que yo no llegue a tiempo)

COULD