I'd rather die than beg, or I'd rather die than begging, or I'd rather die ...

[Rollercoaster1]

1- I'd rather die than beg.
2- I'd rather die than begging.
3- I'd rather die than to beg.

1,3 seem correct, are they? Is there any way to learn when and where to put the correct infinitive?

 

[emsr2d2]

1- I'd rather die than beg. :tick:
2- I'd rather die than begging. :cross:
3- I'd rather die than to beg. :cross:

1 and 3 seem correct to me. Are they? Is there any way to learn when to put an infinitive and when not?

3 is incorrect. "to beg" would be OK in "I'd prefer to die than to beg".

 

[Rollercoaster1]

emsr2d2, I had already edited my post# 1. Thanks for your quick response. I think my edited post doesn't point out any mistake now. As for the '1,3 seem correct..', I guess it's correct formation as it's in written form, but yes, If I were speaking, It'd be confusing to understand whether I was saying '1,3 seem correct...', or '1 and 3 seem correct...'.

 

[emsr2d2]

emsr2d2, I had already edited [STRIKE]my[/STRIKE] post #1/my first post. Thanks for your quick response. I think my edited post doesn't [STRIKE]point out[/STRIKE] contain any mistakes now.

As for the '1,3 seem correct..', I [STRIKE]guess[/STRIKE] think it's the correct formation as it's in written form, but yes, if I were speaking, it'd be [STRIKE]confusing[/STRIKE] hard to understand whether I was saying '1, 3 seem correct ...', or '1 and 3 seem correct ...'.

I can't see any changes in post #1. There doesn't appear to have been any editing done. The errors are all still there.

I don't understand your point about "1, 3" at all. If you said "1, 3 seem correct" aloud, the listener would hear "One three seem correct". We don't say the word "and" when we see a comma! Nonetheless, it should still be "1 and 3" because you are only giving two numbers. Had it been part of a longer list, the comma would have been possible. For example, "1, 3 and 4 seem correct" would be possible.