On the Origin of "Had Rather Go" and Analogous or Apparently Analogous Locutions

Fitzedward Hall

Published by Gorgias Press 2009

On the Origin of "Had Rather Go" and Analogous or Apparently Analogous Locutions

Fitzedward Hall

In the series Analecta Gorgiana

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463221379

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Fitzedward Hall, an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, examines the construction “had rather” in English as it is used with verbs (Had rather go, etc.), which many grammarians found to be a puzzling grammatical anomaly.

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Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
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- Main content: 42

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Published: August 13, 2009
ISBN: 9781463221379