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Would prefer - rather

Would Prefer (Prefer)



prefer  / would prefer means "to like or want someone or something more than someone or something else" 



We choose one thing between diffferent options. We can use "prefer" in 3 different forms. 



Forms and Usage



Prefer something to something else

  • I prefer football to basketball.


  • I would prefer city to country.


  • She prefers tea to coffee. She would prefer tea to coffee.




Prefer to do something rather than do something else

  • I'd prefer to drink tea rather than drink coffee.


  • Tom prefers to stay at home rather than go to the cinema tonight.


  • They prefer to drive rather than go by bus.




Prefer doing something to doing something else
  • I prefer drinking tea to drinking coffee.


  • We prefer jogging to running.


  • They prefer driving to going by bus.





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