I'd rather you stayed home than go/went out.
Hi teachers!
Please check the sentences below and let me know which is grammatical.
1. I would rather she stayed home than went out.
2. I would rather she stayed home than go out.
Also I wonder if 'that clause' after would rather always takes subjunctive. Then #3 must be ungrammatical right?
3. I would rather she stays home than goes away.
As always many thanks teachers!
Top answer
I would rather she stay home than go out.
- I would rather she stay home than go out.
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Michelle Cha1. I would rather she stayed home than went out.
I prefer the one above.
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0Michelle Cha1. I would rather she stayed home than went out.
This is natural to me.
Michelle Cha2. I would rather she stayed home than go out.
I would not use this one.
Michelle Cha3. I would rather she stays home than goes away.
You changed "out" to "away". I'm not sure i
0I and she are very different pronouns. The pronoun "I" refers to your self. In my case, if I am the one to say that, "I" refers to me(myself) and "she" refers to another person, and that's the total opposite.
"I would rather stay at home than go out." - this must be the right one.
The verb "stay" should conform to its subject "I", since "I" is a plural pronoun, the verb sho
0I and she are very different pronouns. The pronoun "I" refers to your self. In my case, if I am the one to say that, "I" refers to me(myself) and "she" refers to another person, and that's the total opposite.
"I would rather stay at home than go out." - this must be the right one.
The verb "stay" should conform to its subject "I", since "I" is a plural pronoun, the verb shou
0Hello, Michelle. I believe the correct sentence would be: I would rather she stayed home INSTEAD OF going out. "than"in this case is not used. At least in many dictionaries I've looked up does not bring any examples using "than" because the object of the sentence is not the same as the subject. Hope to be of help.
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