"About 70 rightwing MPs would rather they stayed that way than accept any compromise." (The Observer.)
Can "would rather they stayed that way" be replaced by "would rather stay that way" without changing the meaning of the sentence above?
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The pronoun "they" in the cited sentence refers to "About 70 right wing MPs".
Yes, near enough.
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