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Emily__ wrote: Hi, I found some recommended explanations, but I´m still a bit confused: 1. I´d rather you went. 2. You´d rather stay. (I suppose "´d" could be either "had" or "would".) Why there is past simple in 1 and present simple in 2? Thank you. It’s pouring outside. I’d rather...

Some notes: Don't fluctuate between verb forms present continuous is for right now (I am writing this post), and present simple is for habitual activities (I write posts every day). Use an apostrophe to show possession, except for pronouns: mother's work. Work is uncountable-- my...