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I want to transform the following sentences into the past.

  1. I would prefer to go there

    I would prefer to go there

    A. I would prefer to have gone there

    B. I would have preferred to go there

    C. I would have preferred to have gone there

A. I would prefer to have gone there

B. I would have preferred to go there

C. I would have preferred to have gone there

To me all have the same meaning and are correct. AA is like saying from a present perspective I wanted to do in the past. BB is like saying from a past perspetiveperspective what I wanted to do in what was the future then. CC is like saying what I wanted to do in the past even before. Am I correct? One more question. Does it work the same way with just "prefer".?

  1. I prefer to ride a bike to school

    I prefer to ride a bike to school

    A. I prefer to have ridden a bike to school

    B. I preferred to ride a bike to school

    C. I preferred to have ridden a bike to school

A. I prefer to have ridden a bike to school

B. I preferred to ride a bike to school

C. I preferred to have ridden a bike to school

I want to transform the following sentences into the past.

  1. I would prefer to go there

A. I would prefer to have gone there

B. I would have preferred to go there

C. I would have preferred to have gone there

To me all have the same meaning and are correct. A is like saying from a present perspective I wanted to do in the past. B is like saying from a past perspetive what I wanted to do in what was the future then. C is like saying what I wanted to do in the past even before. Am I correct? One more question. Does it work the same way with just "prefer".?

  1. I prefer to ride a bike to school

A. I prefer to have ridden a bike to school

B. I preferred to ride a bike to school

C. I preferred to have ridden a bike to school

I want to transform the following sentences into the past.

  1. I would prefer to go there

    A. I would prefer to have gone there

    B. I would have preferred to go there

    C. I would have preferred to have gone there

To me all have the same meaning and are correct. A is like saying from a present perspective I wanted to do in the past. B is like saying from a past perspective what I wanted to do in what was the future then. C is like saying what I wanted to do in the past even before. Am I correct? One more question. Does it work the same way with just "prefer"?

  1. I prefer to ride a bike to school

    A. I prefer to have ridden a bike to school

    B. I preferred to ride a bike to school

    C. I preferred to have ridden a bike to school

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Transforming sentences with perfect infintive

I want to transform the following sentences into the past.

  1. I would prefer to go there

A. I would prefer to have gone there

B. I would have preferred to go there

C. I would have preferred to have gone there

To me all have the same meaning and are correct. A is like saying from a present perspective I wanted to do in the past. B is like saying from a past perspetive what I wanted to do in what was the future then. C is like saying what I wanted to do in the past even before. Am I correct? One more question. Does it work the same way with just "prefer".?

  1. I prefer to ride a bike to school

A. I prefer to have ridden a bike to school

B. I preferred to ride a bike to school

C. I preferred to have ridden a bike to school