--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > More like, "I'd rather you were dead." > > > > > > > > Is that a full sentence? > > > > > > The part in quotes is. > > > > Were is the verb? > > > > That's an interesting expression in English. "Rather" seems > to act like a verb. I think it's an ellipsis, or stuff. > I'd say from the English point of view it's perfectly > grammatical. > > This from Webster's: :) > > 7. had or would rather, to prefer that or to: I had much rather we > not stay. We would rather go for dinner after the show. > Thanks.
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