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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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prefer going/to go to the beach

0The children prefer going to the beach to going to the movies.02br
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00Hi,02br
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00Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.0-
  

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0For me it's a question of parallelism. 02br 02br 00 The children prefer going to the beach to going to the movies. [sounds good]02br 00The children prefer to go to the beach rather than to go to the movies.

— Philip

  • 0For me it's a question of parallelism.
  • 02br 02br 00 The children prefer going to the beach to going to the movies.
  • [sounds good]02br 00The children prefer to go to the beach rather than to go to the movies.
  • [correct, but too many words]0-
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0For me it's a question of parallelism. 02br
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00 The children prefer going to the beach to going to the movies. [sounds good]02br
00The children prefer to go to the beach rather than to go to the movies. [correct, but too many words]0-
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0Thanks, Philip.02br
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00I like your suggestion. I made a typo in my first post, and the following is the corrected one. Does it sound right to you?02br
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00The children prefer to go to the beach 01b00to go to02b00 the movies.0-
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PREFER

To say that you like one activity more than another one, you can use two "-ing forms" with PREFER. The second one you can introduce by using either "to" or "rather than", which is more formal. But never use "than" after PREFER.

I prefer reading books to watching TV. (NOT I prefer reading books to watch TV.)

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I prefer reading books rather than watching TV. (NOT

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