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Mehaque20 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Rather/Rather than Difference

Hi Everyone
1)I would rather love you
2)I rather love you.
3)I rather love you than my parents.

Can anyone please help me when to use rather /rather than/would rather ..
Can I write i two different sentence Instead of writing the 3 rd sentence
like:I love you.Rather I love my parents.

please help !!!!!!!!!!!!
  

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"I would rather love you" normally means that you prefer to love that person instead of feeling some other way about them or instead of loving someone else (depending on context). "I rather love you" means that you love them to a certain extent. "I rather love you than my parents" is not right.

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  • "I would rather love you" normally means that you prefer to love that person instead of feeling some other way about them or instead of loving someone else (depending on context).
  • "I rather love you" means that you love them to a certain extent.
  • "I rather love you than my parents" is not right.
  • " It is possible in a special situation for "I would rather love you" to mean that you would love them to a certain extent if some other condition (indicated by the context) were true.
  • This would not be very usual.
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"I would rather love you" normally means that you prefer to love that person instead of feeling some other way about them or instead of loving someone else (depending on context).

"I rather love you" means that you love them to a certain extent.

"I rather love you than my parents" is not right. You can say "I would rather love you than my parents."

It is possible in a sp
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