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Preference - Coggle Diagram
Preference
WOULD RATHER+Present/Perfect bare infinitive (same subject)
I'd rather go shopping tomorrow.
I'd rather have stayed at home last night.
WOULD RATHER+Past/Perfect (different subject)
I'd rather you stopped.
I'd rather Mike hadn't taken his father's car yesterday.
PREFER+gerund+to+gerund
I prefer swimming to cycling.
PREFER+noun+to+noun
I prefer tea to coffee.
WOULD PREFER...RATHER THAN
I'd prefer to live in York rather than in London.
WOULD RATHER...THAN
She'd rather have a salad than a cheeseburger.
WOULD SOONER
I would sooner read a book than do my homework.
WOULD (just) as soon...as
I would (just) as soon as stay at home as go for a walk.
HAD BETTER/BEST
You had better work hard.