The subjunctive is used to refer to situations that are not real (but are desirable) or hypothetical situations.

I'd prefer to do sth rather than do

I'd rather do sth than (do) sth else

• CROSS:

Please don´t get cross with me. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

• Must + inf: We use must + inf to say that we are almost sure something is true about the present.

• AS (conjunction) : Adjective + as + subject + verb = although

Angry as he was, he couldn't help smiling ⇔ Angry though he was, he couldn't help smiling

Opinion adjectives go before descriptive adjectives.

OPINION → SIZE  → AGE  → SHAPE  → COLOUR  → PATTERN  → ORIGIN  → MATERIAL  → NOUN