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Patri Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
prefer / rather
Hi,
Im studying the way to use prefer and rather and am still confused.
I am going to write what im learning and would be very grateful if you can check my mistakes and solve my doubts.
prefer:
1 I prefer cooking by myself / To cook by myself . which one ??? i've read that one is for general situations and the other one specific ones, but i sstill don't get it.
2 comparison: I prefer listening to music to watching tv ( I prefer ing to ing ).
would prefer:
1- I would prefer to be on time
2.comparison: how do i have to do it ?
option 1:
i would prefer to eat here rathar than go home.
option 2:
i would prefer eating here to eating home
would prefer ( object )
i would prefer you to help me
would rather;
i would rather be on time
would rather:( object )
i would rather you helped me
many thanks
Im studying the way to use prefer and rather and am still confused.
I am going to write what im learning and would be very grateful if you can check my mistakes and solve my doubts.
prefer:
1 I prefer cooking by myself / To cook by myself . which one ??? i've read that one is for general situations and the other one specific ones, but i sstill don't get it.
2 comparison: I prefer listening to music to watching tv ( I prefer ing to ing ).
would prefer:
1- I would prefer to be on time
2.comparison: how do i have to do it ?
option 1:
i would prefer to eat here rathar than go home.
option 2:
i would prefer eating here to eating home
would prefer ( object )
i would prefer you to help me
would rather;
i would rather be on time
would rather:( object )
i would rather you helped me
many thanks
Top answer
1 I prefer cooking by myself. I prefer to cook by myself . There is no significant difference.
- 1 I prefer cooking by myself.
- I prefer to cook by myself .
- There is no significant difference.
- You can use either one.
- There are other verbs similar in this respect, such as like and love .
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I prefer cooking by myself.
I prefer to cook by myself .
There is no significant difference. You can use either one.
There are other verbs similar in this respect, such as like and love.
I like helping people.
I like to help people.
I love going to the beach.
I love to go to the beach.
As we say, it's six of one and half
I prefer cooking by myself.
I prefer to cook by myself .
There is no significant difference. You can use either one.
There are other verbs similar in this respect, such as like and love.
I like helping people.
I like to help people.
I love going to the beach.
I love to go to the beach.
As we say, it's six of one and half
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2. Would+rather
Would rather is interchangeable with would prefer when choosing between two options.
The verbs are followed by an infinitive clause. Would rather takes the bare infinitive, "would prefer" takes a to-infinitive.
I would rather [to] go to the opera than to the play.
I would prefer to go to the opera than to the
Would rather is interchangeable with would prefer when choosing between two options.
The verbs are followed by an infinitive clause. Would rather takes the bare infinitive, "would prefer" takes a to-infinitive.
I would rather
I would prefer to go to the opera than to the
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