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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
just a typo?
Hi,
I prefer chocolate ice cream.
This sentence is taken from an online English resource
Looks like the preposition 'to' between 'chocolate' and 'ice cream' is missing? I wonder if it's just a typo?
Or maybe it was ok to omit the 'to' in this context?
mus-te
I prefer chocolate ice cream.
This sentence is taken from an online English resource
Looks like the preposition 'to' between 'chocolate' and 'ice cream' is missing? I wonder if it's just a typo?
Or maybe it was ok to omit the 'to' in this context?
mus-te
Top answer
"I prefer chocolate ice cream" - meaning that my favourite ice cream is chocolate flavoured. It doesn't mean I would rather have chocolate than ice cream.
- "I prefer chocolate ice cream" - meaning that my favourite ice cream is chocolate flavoured.
- It doesn't mean I would rather have chocolate than ice cream.
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"I prefer chocolate ice cream" - meaning that my favourite ice cream is chocolate flavoured.
It doesn't mean I would rather have chocolate than ice cream.
It doesn't mean I would rather have chocolate than ice cream.
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