If you have to make up your mind between two things—for example, a dog and a cat, you might say, “I’d ________ (have a dog).”
| RATHER | 724 |
| PREFER TO | 145 |
| RUTHER | 78 |
| PREFER | 50 |
| SOONER | 50 |
| RETHER | 35 |
| CHOOSE | 11 |
| NR | 9 |
| DRUTHER | 7 |
| PREFER A DOG | 7 |
| PREFER THE DOG | 7 |
| DRATHER | 5 |
| JUST AS SOON | 5 |
| MUCH RATHER | 5 |
| CHOOSE TO HAVE | 4 |
| LIKE | 4 |
| TAKE | 4 |
| TAKE THE DOG | 4 |
| JUST AS LIEF | 3 |
| LIEFER | 3 |
| CHOOSE A DOG | 2 |
| LIKE TO | 2 |
| LOVE TO | 2 |
| AS LIEF HAVE | 1 |
| AS SOON HAVE | 1 |
| CHOOSE THE DOG | 1 |
| CHOOSER | 1 |
| DARN SIGHT SOONER | 1 |
| HAVE | 1 |
| HAVE A DOG | 1 |
| I LIKE TO | 1 |
| I’VE DECIDED ON THE DOG | 1 |
| LEAVE | 1 |
| LIEF | 1 |
| LIVE | 1 |
| MUCH PREFER | 1 |
| PICK THE DOG | 1 |
| PREFER A DOG OVER | 1 |
| PREFER A DOG OVER A CAT | 1 |
| PREFER HAVING A | 1 |
| PREFER THE CAT | 1 |
| REDDER THE DOG | 1 |
| SETTLE FOR | 1 |
| WOULD CHOOSE | 1 |
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