English grammar questions ....please___????

Question

what is the difference between these 2 sentences?

- I'd prefer you didn't go

- I'd prefer you not to go

and it is correct to say this....?:

- I'd prefer you hadn't gone ..... ahah it sounds so weird.... I just want to say something like : I wish you hadn't gone....

tks kissssss

Answer 1

"I'd prefer you didn't go" and "I'd prefer you not to go" - both mean "I don't want you to leave"  meaning that YOU are still here and I want YOU to stay.

"I wish you hadn't gone"  (which is correct by the way) means "YOU already left, but I wish YOU had stayed."

But if you want to stay within the realm of prefer, try this:

"I'd have preferred you not to go."

Answer 2

"I would have preferred it if you had not gone."

(i'd have preferred it if you hadn't gone)

(none of the apostrophes to shorten the verb conjugation in written form please.

Keep those for verbal conversation.

Answer 3

didn't go is right

Answer 4

they are correct i think but i wish you hadn't gone sounds best so just use that

Answer 5

Its all about tenses or what used to be called "moods"

A tense is a grammatical form for placing events in some sort of time order past - present- future

"Subjunctive" is a grammatical form for describing an action that has no past or present and possibly not a definite future  

  

Hence "I'd prefer you didn't go" = subjunctive because you haven't gone yet - you are not going now and your interlocutor is expressing the hope that the action described will not happen  

"I'd prefer you not to go" expresses the same but avoids the subjunctive form of "go".

"I'd prefer you hadn't gone ....." would be better expressed as "I would have preferred it if you hadn't gone" because you are matching tenses/moods in the verbs

Answer 6

(- I'd prefer you didn't go) is after

(- I'd prefer you not to go) is before

(- I'd prefer you hadn't gone)mmmm i dont think its right

Answer 7

i'd prefer you didnt go is more of like your opinion, like an advice or something. and i dont think the other one is in correct grammar.

uh.. i guess the answer would be: i'd prefer if you didn't go or i wish you wouldn't have to go.... something like that

Answer 8

all of these are ok.

you can use them anytime.

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Answer 9

'I'd prefer you didn't go'

'I'd prefer you not to go'  seems to be a more forceful way of saying it?

and...

-I'd rather you hadn't gone...   ?