WOULD PREFER TO + infinitive
I’d prefer to stay at home instead. (= I’d rather stay at home.)
I’d prefer to have gone by tram. (= I’d rather have gone by tram. / I’d be happier if I had gone by tram.)
Note the difference between the sentence above and this one:
I would have preferred to go by tram. (= I would have liked to go by tram. / I would have been happier if I had gone by tram.
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