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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

3rd conditional + rather

Can anyone help me with this sentence:

If she'd had the chance, she'd rather .... 100 years ago.

If there was no "rather" I would know the answer... but there is. Which answer is correct?
A. lived
B. have lived
C. had lived
  

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It's used as an adverb or before a verb and it has many uses. What you should look at is the tense you have. would + stem(have)+ past participle) If she had had the chance,she would rather had lived (the same reason,after would there's a stem(infinitive without to).

— Everlastinghope

  • It's used as an adverb or before a verb and it has many uses.
  • What you should look at is the tense you have.
  • would + stem(have)+ past participle) If she had had the chance,she would rather had lived (the same reason,after would there's a stem(infinitive without to).
  • Thus,B is correct.
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Rather doesn't change anything.It's used as an adverb or before a verb and it has many uses.
What you should look at is the tense you have.

If she had had the chance,she would rather lived ( would + stem or bare infinitive= for example: would live.)

If she had had the chance,she would rather
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Anonymousshe'd rather .... 100 years ago.
she would (rather) have lived

The 'd represents would, a modal verb. Only a bare infinitive can follow a modal verb.

Of the three words that would come next (A lived, B have, C had), only one is a bare infinitive.

CJ
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