Working this way, there are times when I have to freely admit to people that our products may not be best suited to their particular needs, but to the honest I’d much prefer to be doing that than using some hard-sell technique to push something I don’t really believe in myself, you know...
I’d much prefer to be doing......，这里在doing前面为何用助动词be，而不是直接写成，I’d much prefer to do......？
to be honest I’dmuch prefer to be doing that than using some hard-sell technique
1. 应该是 to be honest（说实话；老实说）。网友了解不了解，不定式有“进行体”？如何写？网友可曾了解：to do, to be doing, to have done？
2. 先说 than 的词性和使用方法。本句，than 是介词不是连词。它一般不可以单独用，除去主句含有比较级，引导比较从句以外，它还可以表示“排除”意义，常常用于different than, rather than，other than，no otherthan, would rather...than, would prefer to do...than 等结构。
3. 本句便是用于would prefer to do...than，意思是“更想做某事，而不做某事”。
4. prefer 之后接不定式，可以是一般体（prefer to do），也可以是进行体（preferto be doing），但有不同。前者表示“想去做”（以后要做），后者表示“想在做”（指目前正在做）。本句的to be与doing 构成不定式进行体。就是表达“现在正在做”之意。
