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Ticce Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Would rather

Could you clarify a few things about - WOULD RATHER
1) Is it ok to use 2 gerunds here?
I would rather going there than staying here. (going - staying?) OK?
2) Is it ok to mix gerund with a verb
I would rather going there than stay here.
I would rather doing things myself rather than be dependent on someone else.
3) Is it ok to use RATHER THAN instead of THAN
I would rather doing things myself rather than be dependent on someone else (or should it be just .......things myself than be dependent .........)
Thanks
  

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In short, only the plain/bare infinitive is possible: I would rather go there than stay here. If another person is involved, the preterite is used: I would rather you went there. CB

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  • In short, only the plain/bare infinitive is possible: I would rather go there than stay here.
  • If another person is involved, the preterite is used: I would rather you went there.
  • CB
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In short, only the plain/bare infinitive is possible:
I would rather go there than stay here.

If another person is involved, the preterite is used:
I would rath
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thank you indeed. And what about this construction with PERFECT INFINITIVE?

I would rather have done it than gone there.

Is it a normal construction or obsolete?
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If it is at all possible in English to say what a person would have preferred to do in the past, I don't see any other alternative after would rather.

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