grammar question

[Teia]

Hi

Could you help me with the following sentence?

I`d rather have visited a museum last week than called on / have called on my aunt. She is very boring.

I chose called on. Is it correct?

Or, should I choose have called?

How does the sentence go: I would rather have visited a museum last week than [ I would ] have called on my aunt
, or ,

I would rather have visited a museum last week than [ I would have ] called on my aunt.


Thank you very much in advance.

 

[2006]

Hi

Could you help me with the following sentence?

I`d rather have visited a museum last week than call on my aunt. She is very boring.

Thank you very much in advance.

2006

 

[Nightmare85]

Interesting question.

So you guys think "calling on" would be wrong, yes?
To me it sounds a bit better, but I'm not a native speaker...

Cheers!

 

[2006]

Interesting question.

So you guys think "calling on" would be wrong, yes?
To me it sounds a bit better, but I'm not a native speaker...

Cheers!

"call on" definitely sounds better to me.

I'd rather have visited a museum last week, but what I did was call on my aunt.

I should have visited a museum last week instead of calling on my aunt.

 

[Tdol]

With the choices available, I'd go for have called to balance with have visited.

 

[Teia]

Hi

Thank you for your answers, but here is the exercise:

I`d rather ----- a museum last week than ----- my aunt. She is very boring.

a. visited / called on
b. have visited / have called on
c. have visited / called on
d. have visited / calling on

Which one is correct in your opinion?

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[moscowdance13]

tdol is right i think. b sounds correct

 

[Teia]

Thank you all for answering my question.

 

[BobK]

Hi

Thank you for your answers, but here is the exercise:

I`d rather ----- a museum last week than ----- my aunt. She is very boring.

a. visited / called on
b. have visited / have called on
c. have visited / called on
d. have visited / calling on

Which one is correct in your opinion?

Thank you very much in advance.

Of those options, B - I agree - though I agree with 2006 too (just "rather than call" sounds better to me).

Exam technique:

You can rule out A, as 'rather' followed by a simple past means something different - as in 'You rather wasted your time, don't you think?'

After 'rather than' you need either a bare infinitive ('call') or a finite verb of some kind. C and D both have participles and no finite verb. This rules out C and D.

So, even without knowing it's right, B is the only one left - that is, you don't have to be sure it's right; you just have to know that all the others are wrong.

(If you wanted to use "calling" it would have to contrast with "visiting" in a sentence such as 'I'd rather I'd spent my in London visiting a museum, rather than calling on my aunt'.)

b

 

[Teia]

Thank you very much all of you and BobK, as well.

 

[moscowdance13]

"You rather wasted your time, don't you think?" doesn't make sense. you would choose to waste your time...you would rather waste your time...you'd rather have wasted your time...

 

[moscowdance13]

"You rather wasted your time, don't you think?" doesn't make sense. you would choose to waste your time...you would rather waste your time...you'd rather have wasted your time...

 

[Tdol]

Rather is not a verb in your example- it does make sense as a way of telling someone that you think they wasted their time.

 

[BobK]

:up:

"You rather wasted your time, don't you think?" doesn't make sense. ...

:?: I understand how you might not know one of the meanings of 'rather', but I don't see... I've been making sense fairly successfully for over 50 years. ;-) (I think your accusation was rather inappropriate.)

b