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Message de groseille posté le 11-02-2007 à 10:34:59 (S | E | F | I)
Bonjour,

Peut-on dire :
" jean prefers walking home rather than drive"
ou uniquement :
"Jean prefers walking home to driving
Bref, si l'on utilise dans la première partie de la phrase le gérondif doit on obligatoirement l'utiliser dans la deuxième partie de la phrase et donc utiliser TO plutôt que RATHER THAN

Une autre question :
existe-t-il une différence entre " I'd prefer" et "I'd rather"

Merci pour vos réponses


groseille

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Réponse: la préférence de nick27, postée le 11-02-2007 à 10:41:01 (S | E)
Hello,

Simplement que "I'd prefer" est suivi de "To + base verbale" et "I'd rather" de la base verbale sans le "to".

=> I'd prefer to go to the movies tonight.
=> I'd rather go out than stay in.

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Réponse: la préférence de solmaz, postée le 11-02-2007 à 13:37:01 (S | E)
Hello,

In a general context we would say:

jean prefers walking home rather than driving

Another example now for you to see the difference between prefer to and prefer +ING

I usually prefer walking (general context) to go my job to work so I can enjoy the fresh air but yesterday I preferred to take (precise/unusual context) my car because I figured it was going to rain.



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Modifié par lucile83 le 11-02-2007 15:11

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Réponse: la préférence de solmaz, postée le 11-02-2007 à 14:15:07 (S | E)
Hi,

I forgot to point something out;
with the verb prefer you can also say:
I prefer walking to driving

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Réponse: la préférence de TravisKidd, postée le 11-02-2007 à 15:57:34 (S | E)
Keep in mind that "rather" means "plutôt" and is not a verb*! Rather , "would rather" is a special construct that means "aimerait plutôt". While "would rather" and "would prefer" are synonymous phrases, there are slight differences in how sentences are constructed with each. To wit:

Would rather (noun) [THAN (noun)]
Would prefer (noun) [TO (noun)]

Would rather (verb without "to") [THAN (verb without "to")]
Would prefer (verb with "to")
Would prefer (V-ing) TO (V-ing)

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Modifié par TravisKidd le 11-02-2007 16:44
*Although grammatically incorrect, the phrase "would have rathered" is rather common. (The correct form is "would rather have" + past participle.)

I would have rathered him not do that.
I would rather (that) he not have done that.

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