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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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0(a) She prefers her homework than reading books.02br
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00 She prefers reading than watching the television.02br
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00 She prefers reading more than watching the television.02br
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00 She prefers to reading but she does not like to watching.02br
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00(b) A passerby passed by (the road / the park)02br
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00 A man passed by the park.02br
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00(c) My family took us to have a picnic.02br
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00 They took for a pinic.02br
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00(d) He washed his pair of shoes.02br
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00(e) (The) three vases is beside / in front of the window.0-
  

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0(a) She prefers her homework 01b00to02b00 reading books.02br
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00 She prefers reading 01b00to02b00 watching the television.02br
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00 She 01b00likes02b00 reading more than watching the television.02br
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00 She01b00 prefers reading, and0
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0 (e) (The) three vases 01b00are02b00 beside / in front of the window. (should this sentence need article?) 0-
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0Pardon me Mister Micrawber,02br
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00Are you sure it's "prefer to" something, not prefer than"? 050010id2
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0YEs.02br
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00Prefer X to Y.02br
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00Rather X than Y.0-
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1sub00Thanks Nona,02sub02br
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01b00Maybe I am missing something but I always hear more of “than” being used than “to” personally. 02b02br
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01b00I prefer02b00 chocolate 01b01font
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0 Hmmm...interesting [:^)] 0-
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0 01font00She prefers reading 02font01b01font00to02font02b01font00 watching the television. (need article?)02font00 0-
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1font00She prefers reading 02font01b01font00to02font02b01font00 watching the television. (need article?)02font02br
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00I would omit the article.02br
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00I agree with Mr. M. and Nona that it should be 01b00pr
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0Hi Khoof,02br
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00Not to say it's right or wrong, this is surprisingly interesting to me. I redid my search in quote " I prefer this ..than" this is what came up 02br
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00To close it you will need to use task manager 01font00(01b00I prefer this than02b02font00
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0If you place a word in parentheses, Vincent, then you are indicating that it is optional-- and indeed, 01i00(the)02i00 is optional in your sentence.02br
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00My job here is to give learners good, unequivocal usage information, not to open my heart to all forms of use. Your quotes above, Goodman, are from casual and not particularly reputable sources
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