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Perhaps "I'd'nt've" is intended to be "I'dn't've", i.e. "I would not have":

I would -> I'd

would not -> wouldn't

So "I would not" -> "I'dn't"?



Sure, but I was asking about the "'nt'd" at the end of all that.

As a British English speaker, I can't even guess what verb they're trying to say that they wouldn't / couldn't have done.


Sorry, I should have made clear I was responding only to this part of your message:

  I guess "I'd'nt've" means "I don't have"
I think it meant 'I would not have', not "I don't have".




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