"I would rather" expression

[Kannon]

Hi, teachers

I was watching an American movie and encountered an expression
"I'd rather you not ask me any more questions"
I am wondering if this is grammatically right..
Does this mean that "I'd rather you did not ask me any more questions"??
If so, do native speakers speak this way often?
Thank you in advance.

 

[lotus888]

I would rather you do what?

I would rather you not ask me any more questions.

"Not ask me any more questions" is a verb phrase.

You might hear a person say this in response to someone asking annoying questions.



--lotus

 

[Tdol]

Does this mean that "I'd rather you did not ask me any more questions"??
If so, do native speakers speak this way often?

It's the kind of thing you might hear in speech, which is less organised than written language, but I would use I'd rather you didn't ask.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I'd rather you didn't ask.

'Didn't' is the past subjunctive, which means that the person being addressed actually keeps asking. Am I right?

Not a teacher.

 

[Kannon]

Thank you very much for your reply!

 

[Rover_KE]

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