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Ask for help > Again, I need your help
Again, I need your help
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mjpa
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Again, I need your help
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Again I need your help with a few rephrasings since I still don�t understand the difference between would rather and would prefer, for instance.
Coul you help me with these sentences, please?
It would be a good idea to take a first aid kit with you. You�d ...
It�s a real shame she didn�t manage to pass her exams. She didn�t manage to pass her exams, ...............
I�d rather you didn�t tell your mother about us. I would...
In my opinion they should tell me the truth. It�s high time ...
I would prefer you not to speak so quickly. I�d ....
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21 May 2012
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Mariethe House
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1. You �d better take a first aid kit..
2. She �d better revise more thoroughly next time!!?????
3. i would prefer you didn �t tell your mother. I would prefer you not to tell....
4. It �s high time they told me the truth.
5. I �d rather you didn �t speak so fast. I �d rather you spoke more slowly ,if you wouldn �t mind ,please.
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21 May 2012
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Apodo
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It would be a good idea to take a first aid kit with you. You�d be unwise to go without taking a first aid kit.
It�s a real shame she didn�t manage to pass her exams. She didn�t manage to pass her exams, unfortunately.
I�d rather you didn�t tell your mother about us. I would prefer that you say nothing.
In my opinion they should tell me the truth. It�s high time they told me the truth.
I would prefer you not to speak so quickly. I�d rather you didn�t speak so quickly.
The difference is in the way the words are used. This might help with the explanation.
http://www.eslmonster.com/article/prefer-and-would-rather
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21 May 2012
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mariec
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1) You�d better take a first aid kit.
2)She didn�t manage to pass her exams, which is a real shame.
3)It�s high time they told me the truth.
4)I�d rather /I�d sooner you didn�t speak so quickly.
WOULD RATHER + BARE INFINITIVE. "I�d rather watch TV" ( would sooner is the same)
WOULD PREFER + FULL INFINITIVE. " I�d prefer to watch TV" |
21 May 2012
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mjpa
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Thanks a lot for all your answers.
As for the second sentence, the answer i was looking for is mariec�s one.
Regarding would rather and would prefer, i thought the thing was as mariec again, says, but sometimes the sentences are transformed in diffferent ways as some of you have done. So, I still don�t understand the difference.
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21 May 2012
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zoemorosini
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The difference how? In meaning? In structure? I �d like to help, but I �m not sure what you need.
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21 May 2012
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mjpa
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>The difference in structure. How those expressions are usually used.
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22 May 2012
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