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Preference: I'd rather go.../ I'd rather you went - English lesson
'How do you express a preference?' ' I prefer...' Of course! Why not?!

If the sentence becomes a little more complex, it becomes a lotharder:
'to prefer something to something else'... It's still OK! and if we ask: 'I'd rather'?...
Then you frown and silence settles in...
Let's revise this idiomatic verbal form again... It may be so useful...
A) I'D RATHER: I would prefer... expresses a choice, a preference.
The whole expression is I WOULD RATHER+ bare infinitive.
The use of this auxiliary (WOULD) has, obviously, a consequence in short answers
and questions tags:
- Would you rather stay here or come with us? I'd rather stay.
- He'd rather not meet him, wouldn't he?
Beware: if there is a choice between several objects, 'than' is used. (it is an old
comparative form).
- She'd rather live in Europe than in America...
B) I'D RATHER + subject of the verb in the modal preterite: test