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HKGARY Posted 19 years ago
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How can I distingish and shorten these sentence? (Comparison )
0 1."I prefer going there on foot to going there by bus." 02 br
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00 2. "I prefer to stay at home rather than go out." 02 br
00 prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive (general reference) <-- From a grammer book. 02 br
00 3. "I would prefer to stay at home rather than go out." 02 br
00 would prefer + full infinitive + rahter than + bare infinitive (specific reference) <-- From the same grammer book. 02 br
00 How to distinguish? 02 br
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00 Thanks, 02 br
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00 How to shorten? 02 br
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00 2. "I prefer to stay at home rather than go out." 02 br
00 prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive (general reference) <-- From a grammer book. 02 br
00 3. "I would prefer to stay at home rather than go out." 02 br
00 would prefer + full infinitive + rahter than + bare infinitive (specific reference) <-- From the same grammer book. 02 br
00 How to distinguish? 02 br
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00 Thanks, 02 br
00 GT 0-
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0 2. 01 b 00 I'd rather 02 b 00 stay (at) home 01 b 00 than 02 b 00 go out. 0-
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- 01 b 00 I'd rather 02 b 00 stay (at) home 01 b 00 than 02 b 00 go out.
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0 2. 01 b 00 I'd rather 02 b 00 stay (at) home 01 b 00 than 02 b 00 go out. 0-
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1 b 00 Or let me put it in this way : 02 br
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00 How to shorten this sentence? 02 br
01 i 00 "I prefer going there on foot to going there by bus." 02 br
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00 What is the main difference between this two sentences? 02 br
01 i 00 "I prefer to stay at home rather than go out." (general reference) 02 i
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00 How to shorten this sentence? 02 br
01 i 00 "I prefer going there on foot to going there by bus." 02 br
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00 What is the main difference between this two sentences? 02 br
01 i 00 "I prefer to stay at home rather than go out." (general reference) 02 i
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0 I don't know where you get the labels "general" and "specific". We use "would" to indicate something is possible but unlikely. What WOULD you do if you won the lotto? How WOULD you go there if your car was stolen? I WOULD prefer going there on foot than ride the bus, but hopefully that will never happen. 02 br
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00 "I prefer to stay home than go out." (I stayed home yes
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00 "I prefer to stay home than go out." (I stayed home yes
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0 >What is the main difference between 01 font 00 this 02 font 00 two sentences? 0-
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00 Thank you for Marius's remind. Anyway, I didn't find any difference between my and your sentence. ^.^ 02 br
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00 Thank your for Jadarite too. I can understand a little more now. Anyway, I scanned the page which I had read before. 02 br
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