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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It would be a contraction of had: "I had better write..." Using would there doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

More or less my point, languages are weird with lots of arbitrary idiomatic things—'would rather' but 'had better'.

After posting the comment I've thought 'wait, it makes more sense for it to be should' so my guesses are a bit off today.