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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

RATHER with past tense?

How would you express this naturally?

1 If I had to choose, I'd rather you got punched in the back than I got punched in the face.

2 If I had had to choose, I'd rather you had gotten punched in the back than I had gotten punched in the face.

Can you tell me if both are correct and what each means please?

Thank you
  

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Both are fine. What do you think they mean? You wrote them.

— Mister Micawber

  • Both are fine.
  • What do you think they mean?
  • You wrote them.
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Both are fine. What do you think they mean? You wrote them.
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Could you please clarify this for me?

I'm trying to say that, if one of us had to get hit, I if I were to get hit, I'd get hit in the face, and he would get hit in the back,

I'd rather he got hit in the back than I got hit in the face.

But how exactly would you phrase it

I'd rather he got hit in the back than I got hit in the face.

I'd rather he got hit
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Your meanings are correct and your originals are fine.
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Hello Mister Micawber,

May I ask you something that I'm not sure of?

Which is natural and idiomatic?

I'd rather he won the she did.
I'd rather have him win than have her win.
I'd rather he looked at my work than no one did.
I'd rather have him look at my work than have no one look at my work.

Thank you so much
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