> 1. I would prefer that we wait a little longer. > 2. I would prefer that we waited a little longer. > (This is not a > statement about the past; it's a statement of a > preference about the present.) > 3. I would prefer that we had waited a little > longer. (This is a > statement about the past; something that the speaker > wishes had happened > but it didn't happen.) Johanna (and others), Don't you think 3. would sound better as in the following? 3. I would have preferred that we had waited a little longer. Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com