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WOULD RATHER
“Would rather” berarti sama dengan “prefer” tetapi grammar berbeda. “Would rather” harus diikuti
verb, tetapi prefer bisa diikuti verb atau bukan.
Venna would rather eat pizza than gado-gado.
Venna prefers eating pizza to eating gado-gado or Venna prefers pizza to gado-gado.
Catatan : “would rather” diikuti “than” ketika dua hal disebutkan, tetapi ”prefer” diikuti “to”.
Terdapat aturan yang berbeda untuk would rather tergantung jumlah subjek dan arti kalimat.
Present
Subject + would rather + (verb in simple form) …..

E.g. : Becky would rather go to aerobic class everyday than onece a week.
Past
Subject + would rather + have + (V III)…..

E.g. : Becky would rather have gone to aerobic class yesterday than today.
“Would rather that”, ketika digunakan dengan 2 subjek pada waktu present, bisa diikuti oleh kata kerja
bentuk I atau bentuk II (lampau). Diikuti bentuk lampau jika artinya pengadaian, yaitu bertentangan
dengan fakta seperti aturan dalam conditional sentences (kalimat pengadaian) dan verb “wish”
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WOULD RATHER
"Would rather" means the same as "prefer" but the grammar is different. "Would rather"
must be followed by verb, but prefer verb or not can be followed.
The Venna would rather eat pizza than gado-gado.
Venna prefers eating pizza to eat gado-gado or Venna prefers pizza to gado-gado.
Note: "would rather" is followed by "than" when two things are mentioned, but "prefer" is
followed by "to".
There are different rules for would rather depend on the number of subjects and the meaning of
the sentence.
Present
Subject + would rather + (verb in simple form) …..

E.g. : Becky would rather go to aerobic class everyday than onece a week.
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Past
Subject + would rather + have + (V III)…..

E.g. : Becky would rather have gone to aerobic class yesterday than today.
"Would rather that", when used with 2 subjects at present, can be followed by verbs form I or
form II (past). Followed by past tense if it means provision, which is contrary to facts such as
rules in conditional sentences (verb sentences) and verb "wish".