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Captain Morgan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Would rather.. (expressing preference)

0I was looking at my ESL study chart today and noticed a section ‘expressing preference’02br
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00Would rather…02br
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00I would rather not tell you.02br
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00I’d rather have chicken.00 02br
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00I’d rather have chicken than beef.02br
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00I’d rather be sleeping than sitting here.02br
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00It was okay, but I’d rather have stayed at home.02br
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00I’d rather have gone to Washington.02br
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00OKAY…. So what is this trying to tell me?00 00I don’t get it.00 00I don’t see anything difference between past time and present time.00 00Is that the point to show no difference, or am I just failing to grasp the obvious?02br
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00 00I’m a bit weary especially since I noticed this same study sheet has some errors when it comes to Simple Future Tense v.s. Future Continuous Tense examples.00 0-
  

Top answer

02br 02br 00You don't have to conjugage "I'd rather" to indicate the tense. 02br 02br 00--------------02br 02br 00(edited)0-

— Nef

  • 02br 02br 00You don't have to conjugage "I'd rather" to indicate the tense.
  • 02br 02br 00--------------02br 02br 00(edited)0-
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0I think your chart is showing that you can use "I'd rather" in both cases.02br
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00You don't have to conjugage "I'd rather" to indicate the tense. You conjugate other verbs (01i00go02i00 versus 01i00have gone02i00, for instance).02br
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0Present is: would rather + infinitive (be)02br
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00Past is: would rather + past infinitive (have stayed)02br
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00OK now?02br
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0Present is: would rather + infinitive (be)02br
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00Past is: would rather + present perfect infinitive (have stayed)0-
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