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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Use of "rather" in this sentence
Hye everyone! I want to ask that ,am I using "rather" in the below sentence right.
Situation
Mother to daughter-;I brought this perfume for You from paris.
Daughter-;Yes mom it smells very nice.but I want that golden wrist watch!
Mother-;But It is for your elder sister! (daughter keeps on insisting to have that watch)
Mother-;Ok you can have it,I will rather give your elder sister the perfume.
Please tell me
Did I use it right?
Thanks!
Situation
Mother to daughter-;I brought this perfume for You from paris.
Daughter-;Yes mom it smells very nice.but I want that golden wrist watch!
Mother-;But It is for your elder sister! (daughter keeps on insisting to have that watch)
Mother-;Ok you can have it,I will rather give your elder sister the perfume.
Please tell me
Did I use it right?
Thanks!
Top answer
silak12 Ok you can have it,I will rather give your elder sister the perfume. ") In my opinion it's absolutely correct, but at least in modern US usage, it's a bit dated. I'm not sure about modern British usage.
- silak12 Ok you can have it,I will rather give your elder sister the perfume.
- ") In my opinion it's absolutely correct, but at least in modern US usage, it's a bit dated.
- I'm not sure about modern British usage.
- " OR, you can keep the original order.
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silak12Ok you can have it,I will rather give your elder sister the perfume.(You need a full stop after "it.")
In my opinion it's absolutely correct, but at least in modern US usage, it's a bit dated. I'm not sure about modern British usage.
Modern Americans would probably say, "I will give your elder sister the perfume instead."
OR, you
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A few other points:
Don't capitalize "you."
Do capitalize "Paris."
When the daughter calls her mother "Mom" she is using it as a name, so it should be capitalized.
You have a comma splice with "you can have it, I will..." Those are two sentences and should not be joined with a comma.
Please pay attention to how Avangi says that most Americans would use "instead." Until I r
Don't capitalize "you."
Do capitalize "Paris."
When the daughter calls her mother "Mom" she is using it as a name, so it should be capitalized.
You have a comma splice with "you can have it, I will..." Those are two sentences and should not be joined with a comma.
Please pay attention to how Avangi says that most Americans would use "instead." Until I r
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silak12I will rather give your elder sister the perfume.Hi,
I would not use rather like this. Consider the following reply:
"OK, I won't give the watch to *Jessica—rather, I'll give it to you."
*Jessica is used as a substitute for the elder sister.
Regards
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rather uses for negative (-) sentence and fairly for positive (+) sentences.
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The use of "rather" has been bothering me for some time. The problem is I see it used in the place of "whether." For example, "Rather you go to the store or go home, it matters not to me." As has been pointed out upthread, it sounds too formal (which makes one sounds like a non-native English speaker,) or simply incorrect.
I would use it in posing a question: "Would you rather go to t
I would use it in posing a question: "Would you rather go to t
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