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I don’t like cities. I prefer to live / living in the country.
Prefer (doing) something to (doing) something else.
Prefer to do something rather than do something.
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I prefer tea to coffee.
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I prefer walking to driving.
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I prefer to walk rather than drive.
Would rather do something than do something else.
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I would rather stay at home than go to the cinema.
When someone wants someone else to do something
would rather someone did something structure is used.
Even if the structure is the past the meaning is the present or future.
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I’d rather cook dinner now.
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I’d rather you cooked the dinner now.
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