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Friday, October 14, 2011
Education
STEP-by-STEP English Corner
Everyday we express preferences in our conversations with family members, friends, and colleagues whether in good or bad terms which is normal since we are different from each other and have different tastes. It means that you may like someone more than someone else or that you like something more than something else. However, we should understand that there are two types of preferences :
A - General Preferences
B - Specific Preferences
A- Let us consider the first one. To express a general preference in English, we always use this very simple formula :
prefer something to something else / prefer someone to someone else
Ex : Linda prefers tea to coffee.
: which color do you prefer, black or white? I prefer black to white.
: I prefer lasagna to pizza.
: Evelyn prefers Beyoncé to Lady GaGa.
We can also the following structure to express a general preference:
prefer doing something to doing something else
Ex :Virginia prefers working to sleeping.
: Ranchesca prefers playing volleyball to playing baseball.
We can also use the folling formula
prefer to do something rather than do something else
Ex : Cindy prefers to go to the movies rather than stay at home.
B- Let us consider the second one now,specific preferences. To express a specific preference, the formula is as simple as AbC :
Would prefer + full infinitive......rather than + bare infinitive
Ex : Jeffrey would prefer to have a hamburger rather than have a hotdog.
We can also use : Would rather+ bare infinitive........than +bare infinitive
Ex : I´d rather take a taxi rather than take a bus.
: She´d rather go fishing rather with Pam than do her homework.
: I´d rather teach true beginners than teach advanced students.
Well, I hope the information on this page might be of some help. Remember, English means practice and pratice makes perfect.
Posted by teacher FREDERICK PIERRE
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