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Both
I'd rather
and
I'd sooner
are used with normal verb forms
when comparing nouns or
phrases.
I'd rather be a sailor than a soldier,
(present)
As if, as though
Real and unreal
The verb form here depends on whether the situation is true or unreal.
You look as if you're having second thoughts.
(True. He is having second thoughts.)
He acts as if he were in charge.
(Unreal. He isn't in charge.)
I
feel as if an express train had hit me.
(It didn't hit me.)
Note however,
that the more colloquial
like
does not require this verb form
change. Compare:
You look like you've just seen a ghost
You look as if you'd just seen a ghost.
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