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Bookmark or Share- What does Django mean by "The 'D' is silent"?The actor who plays Django in that film is Franco Nero, who you might recognize as the same man Jamie Foxx says "the D is silent" to in Tarantino's film. So it's a hidden joke -- the new Django (Foxx) tells the old Django (Nero) how to pronounce the name, to which the old Django replies "I know."
- style - "I'd" or "I would" in official letters? - English Language ...Not "I'ld" as the proper contraction of "I would" is "I'd" (without an "L") Except in very formal writing, contractions are acceptable. Your reader isn't going to reject a good letter just because it uses "I'd". However "I would" is correct and safe. If unsure you can use "I would".
- difference - "I'd better" or "it would be better"? - English Language ...I wrote the following question in another StackExchange website: If I want to save and retrieve an object, should I create another class to handle it, or it would be better to do that in the class
- modal verbs - What does "I'd" stand for? - English Language Learners ...What does "I'd" mean? If it is "I would," the part following "of all people" should be "you would be the last to say the name, for you lost your parents because of him." If it is "I should," the next part should be "you have the courage to say the name, then why do I have to gasp?"
- Meaning of the "d" in "how'd" (other than "did" or "had")how'd the launch go? Now, as far I'm informed, the only two meanings of how'd are: how would; how had; Now, (1) makes no sense semantically, since the event is already in the past, so it couldn't go in any other way than it already has. Then, (2) is grammatically wrong, as the form of to go should then be gone, as in had gone.
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