I was stuck in Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Because she said she’d a good mind to talk about it herself.
I understand the sentence but never read this form, does the ‘d mean would? Even so could you explain me this usecase?
Also how do you read it outloud ? I guess she would a good mind but it doesn’t feel natural to me.Thanks
Bonus:
… and explain why it was we went
Shouldn’t be why we went or why we did go ?
Answer
It abbreviates the word had.
So the expanded sentence reads
Because she said she had a good mind to talk about it herself.
The text in the bonus question is a bit wordy, but not incorrect, and your first version works well
… and explain why we went …
But your second suggestion “… and explain why we did go” is ungrammatical.
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : Mobidi , Answer Author : Weather Vane
