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Aug 2, 2015 at 12:38	comment	added	tchrist♦		@PeterShor I wonder what if anything can account for this exchange of popularity between the OP’s two versions over the past fifty years; any ideas? Rather it be is pretty flat before 1986 but then rises, while Rather it were sinks until 1986 but then is pretty flat.
Aug 2, 2015 at 12:08	comment	added	Peter Shor		Much better answer. I didn't realize that that was just a typo. I still think most Americans wouldn't use the subjunctive in that particular sentence, but some would.
Aug 2, 2015 at 11:51	comment	added	Joost Kiefte		I mistakenly added the "would" in my answer, which isn't in the original question, hence the confusion. I did some wood chopping by way of the edit button so as to avoid further confusion.
Aug 2, 2015 at 11:48	history	edited	Joost Kiefte	CC BY-SA 3.0	fixed grammar
Aug 2, 2015 at 11:42	comment	added	Peter Shor		Very true. But that has nothing to do with the construction "I'd rather it would be you". This has an unnecessary and ungrammatical extra would in it, that isn't the subjunctive, and that most Americans wouldn't put in (although maybe a few would). We'd say "I'd rather it was you" or "I'd rather it were you".
Aug 2, 2015 at 11:32	comment	added	Joost Kiefte		@PeterShor "God wishes that every man be free" would be said by an American, wheras a Brit would say "God wishes that every man should be free", thus avoiding the subjunctive use of be.
Aug 1, 2015 at 16:35	comment	added	Peter Shor		I'm just wondering because I'm American and I would never say "I'd rather it would be you".
Aug 1, 2015 at 14:08	comment	added	Joost Kiefte		Sheer experience, my dear fellow. Ngram? Never heard of it.
Aug 1, 2015 at 13:44	comment	added	Peter Shor		Do you have justification for assigning these expressions to AmE and BrE? Please give it. Ngram seems to contradict your assertions.
Aug 1, 2015 at 8:49	history	answered	Joost Kiefte	CC BY-SA 3.0