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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
PRESENT OR PAST with "PREFER TO / PREFER THAT"
Could you tell me how to properly express these and how to grammatically say them please?
PAST
I would have preferred that he had done that rather than having gone out
I would have preferred to have done that (rather) than gone out.
PRESENT
I would prefer to go out rather than stay home.
I would prefer that we went/go out rather than stay/stayed home
Is this grammatical?
1 Would you rather I came to pick you up but didn't do the dishes or did the dishes and didn't pick you up?
Thank you
PAST
I would have preferred that he had done that rather than having gone out
I would have preferred to have done that (rather) than gone out.
PRESENT
I would prefer to go out rather than stay home.
I would prefer that we went/go out rather than stay/stayed home
Is this grammatical?
1 Would you rather I came to pick you up but didn't do the dishes or did the dishes and didn't pick you up?
Thank you
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Your past examples are correct, though they might not really be called the simple past. The second of your present sentences needs to be like this: I would prefer that we go out rather than stay home. The last could be well expressed like this: Would you rather I came to pick you up, but didn't the dishes, or would you rather I did the dishes but not pick you up.
- Your past examples are correct, though they might not really be called the simple past.
- The second of your present sentences needs to be like this: I would prefer that we go out rather than stay home.
- The last could be well expressed like this: Would you rather I came to pick you up, but didn't the dishes, or would you rather I did the dishes but not pick you up.
- It sounds better wtihout the tense marker at the end.
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Your past examples are correct, though they might not really be called the simple past. The second of your present sentences needs to be like this:
I would prefer that we go out rather than stay home.
The last could be well expressed like this:
Would you rather I came to pick you up, but didn't the dishes, or would you rather I did the dishes but not pick you up.
I would prefer that we go out rather than stay home.
The last could be well expressed like this:
Would you rather I came to pick you up, but didn't the dishes, or would you rather I did the dishes but not pick you up.
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Thank you so much
but wouldn't it be
Would you rather I came to pick you up, but didn't the dishes, or would you rather I did the dishes but not picked you up./ didn't pick you up
I had one more question please?
How would you properly say these if they aren't already correct?
1 I preferre
but wouldn't it be
Would you rather I came to pick you up, but didn't the dishes, or would you rather I did the dishes but not picked you up./ didn't pick you up
I had one more question please?
How would you properly say these if they aren't already correct?
1 I preferre
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