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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
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would prefer that
Could you tell me whether all of the following sentences are acceptable?
1. I would prefer that he came tomorrow.
2. I would prefer that he come tomorrow.
3. I would prefer that he comes tomorrow.
1. I would prefer that he came tomorrow.
2. I would prefer that he come tomorrow.
3. I would prefer that he comes tomorrow.
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lucas21c Could you tell me whether all of the following sentences are acceptable? 2. I would prefer that he come tomorrow .
- lucas21c Could you tell me whether all of the following sentences are acceptable?
- 2.
- I would prefer that he come tomorrow .
- However, #1 and #3 are growing in ignorant acceptance.
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lucas21cCould you tell me whether all of the following sentences are acceptable?2. I would prefer that he come tomorrow.
However, #1 and #3 are growing in ignorant acceptance.
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Mister MicawberHowever, #1 and #3 are growing in ignorant acceptanceThat's me told off.
I would accept 1.
The British National Corpus has two citations for 'would prefer that X + should', three for 'would prefer that X + present subjunctive' and five for 'would prefer that X + past'.
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fivejedjonThat's me told off.Just the claret opining late last night. 5jj. Nothing personal.
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