"I rather ask" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
You could use it to express a preference for doing something. For example: "I'd rather ask if I'm unsure about something than make a mistake."
MW15 "I don't express 'violence', I rather ask, 'is your husband kind with you?' And maybe they look at me: ' yes, well, he is kind…' kind is maybe a strange word too.
However, sometimes a less straightforward approach was used, as it might frighten particularly refugee women if the midwife was too direct: "I don't express 'violence', I rather ask, 'is your husband kind with you?' And maybe they look at me: ' yes, well, he is kind…' kind is maybe a strange word too.
'It's good that there is a helpline there and wouldn't have an issue of calling up and asking for help if I had any questions, but not if it is like a call centre-I mean I would rather ask my mum, she knows more about these things'.
[Participant 41, Female, age 16] 'It's good that there is a helpline there and wouldn't have an issue of calling up and asking for help if I had any questions, but not if it is like a call centre-I mean I would rather ask my mum, she knows more about these things'.
But eventually I realized I would rather ask family for help with rent and food than live under this kind of duress, and I quit.
And in what order do the words go?" But before I would tackle such a personal and lengthy discussion with myself, I would rather ask the question, "What is my duty as a writer?" What did the creators of literature before me know about the impact of words that I need to keep in mind during my maniacal rants?
"The questions I'd rather ask or have posed to our owner is now that we're back in that situation where we may be able to get a bat or two, maybe we can do that again," Clemens said.
That's an interesting and complicated question, but I'd rather ask a different one: Why is it still considered a mistake to ask popular thrillers to achieve these effects with language readers would want to savor, with words that are more than just building blocks for the plot?
Providing tax credits and the like are of no great help when the current normal deductions leave one with virtually no taxable income anyway.Peter Weinrich Victoria, CanadaPolite persiflageSIR – In response to the reader who asked for more "pellucidity" from Bagehot, I would rather ask him to get a bigger dictionary than require yet another British institution to dumb down (Letters, December 6th).
So instead of dismissing those approaches, I would rather ask, "Where is the leadership in government, in the private sector, and in the media, to help make greenhouse gases as offensive to us as cigarette smoke has become?" MARK KINNUCAN Huntington Station, N.Y., Sept. 1 The writer is chairman of the Long Island Group of the Sierra Club.
"To prevent such a nuisance, I'd rather ask my players to abstain for a month".
