Which is the best option (a or b) to complete the sentence below?
I usually grab a sandwich at lunchtime rather than a) have/ b) having a cooked meal
I think b) having is correct as "rather than" is a prepositional phrase, so, after a preposition, a gerund should be used.
Am I correct? Just correct me if it's wrong.
Many thanks in advance
The usage of "rather than"?
2010-07-25 3:18 am
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2010-07-25 3:24 am
✔ 最佳答案
I wouldn't worry about the grammar: what counts is that idiomatically they're both fine. They're coexisting forms.Check out published books, which give a wider sample of usage than isolated opinions (including mine) on Yahoo! Answers.
"rather than have" 316,000 hits http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22rather+than+have%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
"rather than having" 327,000 hits http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%22rather+than+having%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Nothing in it statistically, and 600,000+ data points override any unsupported assertion that one or other is uniquely correct.
2010-07-25 10:31 am
The word "having" is better and probably has rules to back the choice up. Since the question is posing a hypothetical, the word having sits easy in the mouth.
2010-07-25 10:25 am
I would go with b. Having is correct.
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