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re: Words/phrases you've caught yourself using incorrectly for long periods of time?
Posted on 1/15/17 at 3:21 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 1/15/17 at 3:21 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
I just realized a few days ago that the word "rather" is not a verb.
"I would rather have an apple than an orange" is an incorrect sentence. Apparently the word I've been looking for for decades was "prefer."
"I would rather have an apple than an orange" is an incorrect sentence. Apparently the word I've been looking for for decades was "prefer."
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Posted on 1/15/17 at 4:08 pm to Mufassa
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I just realized a few days ago that the word "rather" is not a verb.
True, it's an adverb. Here is an example of correctly using it as an adverb.
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"I would rather have an apple than an orange"
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