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Specter Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
need help with 'rather than'
hi teachers,
Please help me with this sentence:
"I want to read a book or go for a walk, but Roy prefers to go swimming rather than do the things I want."
Is this sentence grammatically correct? I'm confused of the structure of the sentence and the function of rather than do the things.
1) Is the structure compound-complex?
2) How do we call rather than + bare infinitive?
Your hep is greatly appreciated.
regards,
specter
Please help me with this sentence:
"I want to read a book or go for a walk, but Roy prefers to go swimming rather than do the things I want."
Is this sentence grammatically correct? I'm confused of the structure of the sentence and the function of rather than do the things.
1) Is the structure compound-complex?
2) How do we call rather than + bare infinitive?
Your hep is greatly appreciated.
regards,
specter
Top answer
1) Yes, I would call it compound-complex. 2) I would say that it's an idiom. The sentence is correct.
- 1) Yes, I would call it compound-complex.
- 2) I would say that it's an idiom.
- The sentence is correct.
- See the paraphrases below.
- They might help in some way.
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1) Yes, I would call it compound-complex.
2) I would say that it's an idiom.
The sentence is correct. See the paraphrases below. They might help in some way.
rather than do the things I want = instead of doing the things I want = in preference to doing the things I want.
CJ
2) I would say that it's an idiom.
The sentence is correct. See the paraphrases below. They might help in some way.
rather than do the things I want = instead of doing the things I want = in preference to doing the things I want.
CJ
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