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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Prefer someone to do vs prefer someone ing

1. Would you prefer me to stay?
2. Would you prefer me staying?

Q1) Are both 1 and 2 correct English?
Q2) Do both 1 and 2 mean the same thing?


Is sentence 2 correct English? I'm not really sure about whether 2 is correct.
I'm sure 1 is perfectly correct since I have only seen the form "pefer someone to do" used.

  

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fire1 1. Would you prefer me to stay? 2.

— GPY

  • fire1 1.
  • Would you prefer me to stay?
  • 2.
  • Would you prefer me staying?
  • In the meaning that is normally intended, (1) is the "proper" form, and (2) is a slightly looser form that people may use colloquially.
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fire11. Would you prefer me to stay?
2. Would you prefer me staying?

In the meaning that is normally intended, (1) is the "proper" form, and (2) is a slightly looser form that people may use colloquially.

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