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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I still rather" is not correct in standard written English
It is typically used incorrectly as "rather" should be followed by a verb or an infinitive form. Example: "I still would rather go to the beach than stay home."
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When to be competitive would now be ridiculous, I still rather envy, among the dwindling company of my contemporaries, those who remain, or seem to remain, slim and clear-eyed, age-defiant, tomb-defiant, as ever easy and bold with women.
Now that they have dropped me, I must say that I still rather agree with myself.
Would I still rather have a Wacom Cintiq or a ModBook Pro?
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If I had my pick of professions, I think I'd still rather be a garbage man than a professor.
You made a good case for seeing "I Am My Own Wife" again, now that it has moved to Broadway, but I think I'd still rather see it in a smaller house.
"I know, but I'd still rather talk about that nice Mr Hitler".
Even though I do still rather like that novel, I wonder if any mere book is worth so high a price.
Bodies in vats of acid, poisoned apples, sinister pig men feeding people hallucinogens … I loved The Killing, but I'd still rather watch The Bridge than 20 episodes relentlessly dissecting the minutiae of grief.
I'm an avid reader of biography and history, but I would still rather read a great novel about a time or a place – I'd feel like I hadn't really understood it otherwise.
"As lousy the dancer as I am," Mr. Reid said this week, "I would still rather do that than fight.
I don't know, like 12? I'd still rather have sex with a gymnast.
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