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Tomasz Klepinowski Posted 11 years ago
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Prefer doing sth to sth

Hi, I know the structure of 'prefer' as in 'I prefer walking to driving' (-ing to -ing) or as in 'I prefer spaghetti to pizza' (noun to noun) but my question is as follows: can we mix them up as in 'I prefer playing football to basketball' (-ing to noun)??
  

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Tomasz Klepinowski can we mix them up as in 'I prefer playing football to basketball' (-ing to noun)?? No.

— Mister Micawber

  • Tomasz Klepinowski can we mix them up as in 'I prefer playing football to basketball' (-ing to noun)??
  • No.
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Tomasz Klepinowskican we mix them up as in 'I prefer playing football to basketball' (-ing to noun)??
No.
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'I prefer playing football to (playing) basketball.

It sounds OK to me for a casual conversation.
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