English translation for liever and usage examples from the best sources
The word "rather" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is usually used as an adverb to indicate preference or degree, or to introduce an alternative choice. For example, "I would rather stay in tonight than go out."
adverb
More quickly; sooner, earlier.
Sadly, it is typical of the smears coming from those who would rather not debate policy and substance".
Perhaps even more worrying to Mr. Assad, his military has come to rely more heavily on equipment designed for a major battle with a foreign enemy, namely Israel, rather than a protracted civil conflict with his own people.
I think we should be promoting marriage rather than looking at any other way of weakening it".
"Rather than preventing that, it seems they have opted for making inequalities even greater," he said.
Sadly it is typical of the smears coming from those who would rather not debate policy and substance," Shapps said.
I'd rather spend Christmas here than in the cells".
Levitt argued that a focus on products rather than on customers led the companies to misunderstand their core business.
Had the bosses realized that they were in the transportation business, rather than the railroad business, they could have moved into trucking and air transport, rather than letting other companies dominate.
I sometimes wear skirts and dresses – but they're funky rather than feminine.
Hungary did not rack up the biggest win in World Cup history because El Salvador were the worst team ever to reach the finals; rather, they were the happy beneficiaries of a monumentally ill-conceived tactical plan.
