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Hello,

Are my collections right?
  1. What do you think is the best age to get married? Wrong What is the best age to get married in your opinion?- Correct
  2. Do you think is it okay for the a couple to live together before getting married?
  3. Would you rather like/ would you prefer a traditional or modern wedding?
  4. In your country, is there any superstitions collected connected to weddings?
  5. Are arranged marriages commonly in your country?
  6. Do you think arranged marriages are is a good ideas?
  7. Do woman usually work after getting marry married in your country?
  8. Do you think you will /would change of you after getting married/ you get married?
  9. Do you think getting married means given up giving up freedom?
Thanks
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Hi,

Are my collections corrections right?
  1. What do you think is the best age to get married? Wrong What is the best age to get married in your opinion?- Correct Both sentences are fine
  2. Do you think is it okay for the a couple to live together before getting married?
  3. Would you rather like/ would you prefer a traditional or modern wedding? Note that 'like' is not the same as 'prefer'
  4. In your country, is are there any superstitions collected connected to weddings?
  5. Are arranged marriages commonly in your country?
  6. Do you think arranged marriages are are is a good ideas?
  7. Do woman usually work after getting marry married in your country?
  8. Do you think you will /would change of you after getting married/ you get married?
  9. Do you think getting married means given up giving up freedom?
Clive
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Is it possible to use 'will' instead of 'would' with 'prefer' and 'like'?
Eg.,
Will you like a traditional or modern wedding? I think it will change it's meaning and it will mean 'will you like it or not?'

Will you prefer a traditional or modern wedding?

How could I use 'would rather' in that sentence?

Thanks
Hi,

These two expressions are very similar.
Would you prefer X?
Would you rather have X?

When you use 'will', it shows you are thinking of a future event that you think will actually happen.
eg Mary will marry Tom.

When you use 'would', it suggests you think the event is hypothetical, just a posssibility.
eg If Tom asked Mary, she would marry him.
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'Would' is also used to add politeness in certain cases,
eg Would you like a cup of tea?

Clive
Hello,
I need to make sure I know this too.
Would you prefer is followed by infinitive only or by a noun. For example; Would you prefer to go there alone?/Would you prefer a red hat to the green one?

And would you rather have ... is followed by a noun. Eg., Would you rather have a dog than a cat? Am I right? Is everything correct?

Are there any other simillar constructions?

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Students: We have free audio pronunciation exercises.
Hi,
You an also say
eg 'Would you rather have stayed home or gone to the movies yesterday?
eg Would you have preferred to stay home or go to the movies yesterday?

Clive

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