Is this sentence O.K.?

spm   Monday, April 12, 2004, 09:21 GMT
"My teacher would rather I finished my homework tonight."

Does this sentence sound right to native speakers of English?
Jim   Monday, April 12, 2004, 10:07 GMT
It's fine. It means "My teacher would perfer that I finished my homework tonight." Your sentence is okay but my is the more common form these days.
General Ricardo   Saturday, April 17, 2004, 07:43 GMT
Hey Jim,
Did you not make a mistake when you wrote:" but my"? Shouldn't be " but mine is the most common"
mjd   Saturday, April 17, 2004, 07:49 GMT
I'd say here in the U.S. that "rather" is used slightly more than "prefer." You'll here both, but if I had to guess which one I'd use in that situation, I'd probably use "rather."
Viktoria   Saturday, April 17, 2004, 10:09 GMT


It should be "My teacher would rather me finished my homework tonight."
David Winters   Saturday, April 17, 2004, 10:14 GMT
mjd, perhaps you meant "hear"?

Viktoria, go back to school.

I apologise for being rather snippy this late morning, but certain people here annoy me to no end.

Like mjd.
General Ricardo   Saturday, April 17, 2004, 10:43 GMT
David, is there any specific reason for using the word "rather" before the adjective "snippy"?
paul   Thursday, April 22, 2004, 03:43 GMT
Hey Victoria
You are wrong.
It should be "My teacher would rather that I finished my homework tonight."
mjd   Thursday, April 22, 2004, 05:19 GMT
Yes, David, I did mean "hear." I suppose I should have proofread.

Do I annoy you? Oh well, you can't please all of the people all of the time.
Jim   Thursday, April 22, 2004, 05:37 GMT
Hey General Ricardo,

You're right. I did make a mistake when you wrote "but my". It should've been "but mine".
Jim   Thursday, April 22, 2004, 05:55 GMT
I make lots of mistakes when I write. There's another example.

"I did make a mistake when you wrote 'but my'."

It should have been more like this.

"I did make a mistake when I wrote 'but my'."