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On the Origin of "Had Rather Go" and Analogous or Apparently Analogous Locutions

On the Origin of "Had Rather Go" and Analogous or Apparently Analogous Locutions - Analecta Gorgiana

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Publisher's Synopsis

Fitzedward Hall, an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, examines the construction "had rather" in English as it is used with verbs (Had rather go, etc.), which many grammarians found to be a puzzling grammatical anomaly.

Book information

ISBN: 9781607245391
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 42
Weight: 90g
Height: 222mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 3mm