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Jun 17, 2020 at 21:01 comment added Robbie Goodwin No; there are no circumstances in which "I'd prefer it won't" could ever be correct. Even "I'd prefer it wouldn't" would be highly dubious. "I'd prefer it not" could be acceptable idiomatically, but how would that work in grammar? What language is the idea translated from and exactly what wording was that originally? I won't but I hope others will be able to explain…
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May 16, 2020 at 20:28 answer added Colin Fine timeline score: 0
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May 16, 2020 at 19:33 comment added Jack O'Flaherty I agree that A is correct. I don't think B is correct anywhere. At the start of your question, you used "take part" as if it meant "take place"; it doesn't. To "take part" means to participate, as a person might do. You correctly used "take place" in the rest of the question. And, yes, you have the correct form for a past event.
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