[samtheman]

I’d sooner go to Yemen or Tunisia before I went to Mexico. (And I wouldn’t go to Yemen or Tunisia, ever.)

[samtheman]

I just realized the error of my sentence and have to change the subject a moment to ask a grammar question:

I wrote:

I’d sooner go to Yemen or Tunisia before I went to Mexico.

Obviously I should have written either:

I’d go to Yemen or Tunisia before I went to Mexico.

Or:

I’d sooner go to Yemen or Tunisia than to Mexico.

Here’s my question: Was my error an actual grammar error or just a “funny way to put it”?

(Just curious.)