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Prefer To, Rather Than, More Than
Prefer To, Rather Than, More Than
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I‘d rather/sooner have tea, please.
I‘d rather/sooner
AD have tea than drink that co"ee.
Would you rather/sooner
la have tea or co"ee?
Would rather/sooner
te + subject + past simple
We can use would rather/sooner
tal + subject + past simple to refer to the
present or future.
We‘d rather/sooner
naa she was/were with us now.*
She‘d rather/sooner
naaa I picked her up after lunch.
Would you rather/sooner
Kat we went by bus or by train?
Note that we can use were instead of was with I/he/she after would rather +
subject.
Prefer
I would prefer to stay in a hotel near the airport. (or I would rather stay…)
Most clients prefer to have breakfast in their bedroom.
We can use prefer/would prefer with rather than or instead of to show the
choices we have.
We use prefer + noun or -ing verb to talk about general preference, i.e. what
we prefer in general, on every occasion.
We can use prefer with to to show the choices we have. The word to is a
preposition here, so if we use a verb after to, it should take the -ing form.