had sooner

mehdihas · Jul 28, 2011

Hi everyone,
In the following sentence the underlined part is correct or it should be "would rather"?
Visiting museums is interesting, but I'd sooner we went swimming.
Thanks.

5jj · Jul 28, 2011

mehdihas said:
In the following sentence is the underlined part [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] correct or should it [STRIKE]should[/STRIKE] be "would rather"?

Visiting museums is interesting, but I'd sooner we went swimming.

"I'd (I would) sooner" is correct BrE, as is "I'd (I would) rather".

The 'd' is a contraction of 'had' in "I'd better", which means something different.

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