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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Prefer basketball to soccer.

0Hi,02br
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00I am just wondering whether native speakers use "prefer sth to sth" very often.02br
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00I have been using "rather" or "more" expressions and until today I didn't even know that you could say "I prefer to play soccer to play basketball" instead of "I'd rather play soccer than basketball" or"I like soccer more than basketball".02br
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00Please help.02br
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0 Yes, I do, VC-- it's quite common, I think, and grammatically preferable to 'prefer A more than B'. 02br 00 I prefer soccer to basketball. [playing or watching, depending on context]02br 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 0 Yes, I do, VC-- it's quite common, I think, and grammatically preferable to 'prefer A more than B'.
  • 02br 00 I prefer soccer to basketball.
  • [playing or watching, depending on context]02br 0-
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0 Yes, I do, VC-- it's quite common, I think, and grammatically preferable to 'prefer A more than B'. But the sentence structure is different from what you have given:02br
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00 I prefer A to B.02br
00 I prefer playing soccer to playing basketball.02br
00 I prefer soccer to basketball. [playing or watching, depending on context]02br

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