On the Origin of "Had Rather Go" and Analogous or Apparently Analogous Locutions
Series: Analecta Gorgiana  (Volume: 307)
On the Origin of "Had Rather Go" and Analogous or Apparently Analogous Locutions Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 42
ISBN: 9781607245391
Pub Date: August 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Price: £32.00
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Description:
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.