he was down to his last $20 by the time his next direct deposit registered at the bank, and more than once he'd had to get by on whatever change he could find in the car seats and sofa cushions.
in this sentence,
"he'd"
:What does abbreviation mean?
2006-12-12 16:36:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's not an error. He had had to get by on... is perfectly good English. It's the past perfect (or pluperfect) of "have".
He had had to get by on... means he was forced to get by on..., it was necessary for him to get by on....
It carries the sense of being doubly in the past. "He was down to..." means this whole story is set in the past. But when he was down to his last $20 he was thinking of times before this, already in the past at that time, when he had had to get by on the change he had found in seats and cushions.
2006-12-12 16:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankly "he'd" don't need to be there since its before the auxiliary that is derived from "he had" . Abbreviation means that your taking a word breaking it down for substantial use. For example: the word "COMPANY" abbreviated would be "CO". The English Literature is really difficult to understand. Sometimes I still have trouble with it as well. I hope that this would help you.
2006-12-13 00:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by George 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would . But the "had" after the contraction he'd is incorrect. It should read "more than once he'd have to". Or it could have been written "more than once he had to" leaving the contraction out altogether.
It was just a case of poor editing.
2006-12-13 00:40:54 · answer #3 · answered by maamu 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In this sentence "he'd" means "he had". It makes a bit of a convoluted sentence to have two had's in a row, like "he had had to ..."
2006-12-13 00:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by valcus43 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it doesnt mean anything because its A typo...but more importantly what was his plans for correcting his money issues, because if he's done this before then things must be tight and something must change.
2006-12-13 00:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by cats4ever2k1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he'd is an abbreviation for "he would"
2006-12-13 00:37:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's improper English, it should not be there.It should say " he's had to.
2006-12-13 00:51:43 · answer #7 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are trying to quote this use sic, for an error that is not yours
2006-12-13 00:49:01 · answer #8 · answered by sks26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had. As in "...more than once he had had to get by on..."
2006-12-13 00:39:31 · answer #9 · answered by Trader S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"he had" I know it sounds weird but "he had had" is the statement being made here.
2006-12-13 00:38:35 · answer #10 · answered by BeamMeUpMom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋