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Would Rather Prefer Had Better

This document discusses the differences between "would rather", "would prefer", and "had better" in English. It notes that "would rather" and "would prefer" take infinitives while "had better" takes a zero infinitive. It provides examples of how each can be used to express specific preferences about present or future actions. It also explains some usage restrictions for "had better", such as not using it for past actions or general comments.

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Would Rather Prefer Had Better

This document discusses the differences between "would rather", "would prefer", and "had better" in English. It notes that "would rather" and "would prefer" take infinitives while "had better" takes a zero infinitive. It provides examples of how each can be used to express specific preferences about present or future actions. It also explains some usage restrictions for "had better", such as not using it for past actions or general comments.

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Would rather (not) Would prefer (not) Had better (not)

+ zero infinitive + infinitive + zero infinitive


Would rather… than… Would prefer to… rather
than…
Would prefer smth instead
of smth
Я б краще Я надаю перевагу тому, Краще
щоб = I would advise you strongly
I’d rather have apple juice. I’d prefer to have apple = you must\you mustn’t
juice.
Specific preferences Not past
Not general comments
I’d rather play basketball I’d prefer to play basketball We’d better not be late for
than football. rather than play football. class today.
- Can be followed by a verb - We can use had better instead of
should\ought to in spoken English, to
in the past tense when other say that we think it would be a good
people are involved in a idea to do smth. But had better is more
urgent.
present or future action and
the sentence has two
- We don’t use had better to talk about
subjects past. Instead we use should\ought to.
I’d rather you made lunch You should have eaten smth before we
went out.
today.
Who’s going to drive? – I’d - We don’t use had better to make
rather you did. general comments. I don’t think
General preferences teenagers should use Internet more
than 2 hours a day.
Prefer Would rather
+ …ing to …ing + infinitive than infinitive - had better can sound slightly
I prefer walking to driving I would rather walk than threatening in tone. You’d better say
sorry!
drive.

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