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Slocawber Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Prefer followed by an -ing form

Good afternoon.

'I prefer to go home before it gets dark.'

This sounds correct to me; nevertheless there's a rule that says the verb 'prefer' is usually followed by an -in form.

How can you explain that?

Thank you.
  

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"We can use a to -infinitive or an -ing form after prefer . org/grammar/british-grammar/prefer

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"We can use a to-infinitive or an -ing form after prefer. A to-infinitive is more common." (Cambridge Dictionary)

See: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/prefer
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