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John: OK, but don't forget about this 要看,it's uh two really simple words but you put them together and it's very useful for talking about what something depends on. So, for example, if I ask do you want to go 爬山 this weekend, you might say...
Dilu: ...
I'm not sure, Zhen. Just throwing it in as a possiblity. I guess it's either both or none, though I agree the first one sounds more 说ish than the sencond. My feeling is that this 宁愿...也不... pattern is as much a feature of spoken Chinese as written.