Hello, Dear!
Here is the sentence:
"He'd often suggest doing something and I'd go along with it."
What are the reductions "He'd" and I'd" What is the tense here? I can't understand the sence of them.
Thank you very much
They are contractions of 'would'. The full form is 'He would often suggest doing something and I would go along with it".
We use 'would' in this way to describe a habit or repeated occurrence during some period in the past. Other ways of saying this are "He often suggested ..." , "He often used to suggest..." or, for example, "There were many occasions when he suggested..."
Just to add, remember that you are looking at a pattern instead of a single word. We know what 'd means by the following verb form.
he'd suggest = he would suggest. would + [verb]
he'd suggested = he had suggested. had + [past participle]
If the following verb hasn't changed from its original form*, then 'd is would.
*Keeping in mind that some verbs, such as quit, cut and set, don't change! It's not always a perfect system. :)
I don't know if anyone answered this yet, but the sentence is past tense.
He WOULD suggest and I WOULD go along with him. But NOW I do not go along.
