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English as a Second Language
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Preference - Would Rather I would rather drive. I would rather not drive. Although would rather appears to be a past, it expresses preference in present and future time. I would rather that you drove. I would rather that you didn't drive. When the preference is for another person or thing, would rather that introduces a clause. The pther person or thing is the subject of the clause. Although the verb is past tense, the preference is for present of future time.
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