🤔 Would Rather v Prefer? What’s the difference?

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Please can you help, I have a question which is : with " would rather + subject + past tense " if I use "than" , should the verb after "than" be in the past simple too?? Which one is correct : I'd rather you took a taxi than wait or waited for a bus ???

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Hi Greg. I've been teaching my students how to use "prefer" and "would rather" in a rather simpler way -they just know how to use "prefer gerund to gerund", "prefer noun to noun" or "would rather bare inf. than bare inf." Then I realized I might have a difficult time myself if things get a bit more advanced. This was really helpful, thanks a lot.

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Thank you, Greg. I'd rather, however, start from something simpler. As a Slow Learner I prefer to take off gradually. Stay healthy.

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Great video Greg. Now I am clearer with how to use would rather or prefer. Thank you

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Wow. I really liked it. Clear, simple. Straight to the point! One remark though. I would rather we had.... As a matter of fact, had here expresses the past subjunctive which is formed with them past tense of the verb.

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[@dorjpurevenkhmend2155]

Do would rather and prefer same meaning? Can I use both of them with same meaning? And when do I use "than" and "to" which follow "would rather and prefer"?

[@ritchiee1980]

Quick question, please. Would it be possible to say: I'd rather work from home than working from the office? as an alternative to "I’d rather work from home than in an office."?

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Thanks Greg! Hey guys i'm confused with "mine", could you help me please to understand the difference: 1. My friend visited me last year. 2. A friend of mine visited me last year. Thx in advance.

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[@naizzzakalhak4359]

Absolutely great, but what about if i say, you can accompany me but i would rather you stayed at home. Is it correct as the second subject is singular!

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Would you mind reaching us how to use "if only" by constructing a sentence? Thanks

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Thanks a good way to refresh old things I studied long time. ago. Onlh thing you should have stressed that the 2nd subject in the last sentences it is actually in the form of an object.

[@ViktoriiaAntonova-k5q]

Hello, why do we use for the past preference the structure WOULD HAVE PREFERED TO DO rather than WOULD PREFER TO HAVE DONE ?

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How simple! How nice! That's what i can say This is really amazing

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Hi Greg, is it possible to say “I’d rather you to go there?”

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I have a doubt: at high school, I was taught that "'d" contraction stands for "had" instead of "would" in the structure "I'd rather...". Could you please shed some light?

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You were taught incorrectly. "I'd rather" means "I would rather". "I had rather" isn't correct English.

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I would rather they emailed me than sent me a letter. My inquiry as follows, this sentence has a past simple all the way from beginning to tge end. contrary to the previous one which reads, you can cook if you want... this part is in present and the second part, but i would rather we went to a restaurant is in the past. So what i want to know, is it okay to use past tense in all parts of a sentence or not ?

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is there any structure for the future preferences?

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I'm not sure at 10:00, "I would prefer you to cook" is right, or at least not how I'd say it. I would say, "I would prefer you cook. I would prefer you do the dishes." Maybe it's an American English difference.

[@StrannitsaNochi]

Thank you for this video! The explanation is great! I'm really curious about one thing and will be veeery grateful if you could help🙏 For preferences for the actions of another person in Present we can use this structure 'I would prefer it if you cooked for me'. Is this structure possible for the same situations but in the Past? Something like this 'They would have preferred it if we had cooked for them' ???

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Is "over" correct instead of "to" when using "prefer"? (I prefer him over you for ex.)

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At 0:56, you said "Is there any different between...." Of course, you should have said "Is there any DIFFERENCE between...?" I would have expected an English teacher, and a native one at that, to have got that right.

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It's just a slip of the tongue. He was probably in two minds between "is there anything different" and "is there any difference". Native speakers of ALL languages do this from time to time. Not a big deal as it wasn't important to the actual grammar point.

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@BGNewsReporter Ok, if you say so. It's only a video about speaking English.

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Hii, Gerg... !¡! I appreciate it, since it's new to me. Please respond to my query! Would it be acceptable if I substitute these for those in the video? at 3:28, you can cook if you want but, I would rather, we were to go to a restaurant. at 3:51, I would rather, they were to email me then send me a letter.

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Are there no exceptions to "thee" always preceding vowels? For example. "The steak she served was good but thee eel was terrible." It just doesn't sound right at all

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Please may vs might

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Hello Greg. Could you make a video about passive voice in the continious tenses? Does it exist?