He’d vs heed



    He’d is a contraction of the words he and had or the words he and would. He’d is not a contraction that is used as commonly as contractions such as can’t or wouldn’t. A contraction is an abbreviated word formed by removing a letter or multiple letters from a longer word or phrase. The omitted letters are replaced by an apostrophe.


    Heed means to pay attention, to take notice. Heed may be used as a noun or a transitive verb, which is a verb that takes an object. Related words are heeds, heeded, heeding. The word heed is derived from the Old English word hedan, which means to take charge of or to protect something.


    Why Trump’s reelection bid isn’t as solid as he’d like you to believe (The Washington Post)

    ‘He’d like to see peace on Earth’: how a dog became mayor of a California town (The Guardian)

    Some women don’t heed warnings of acne drug danger during pregnancy conception (Reuters)

    Boris Johnson you must heed what your hero Churchill said: ‘Your life has been but preparation for this hour’ (The Sun)

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