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Sadee Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Prefer to

He prefers to stay at home to go out with his friends.
Is it correct?
  

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Sadee Is it correct? No. He prefers staying [at] home to go ing out with his friends.

— Cool Breeze

  • Sadee Is it correct?
  • No.
  • He prefers staying [at] home to go ing out with his friends.
  • CB
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SadeeIs it correct?
No. He prefers staying [at] home to going out with his friends.

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Cool Breeze SadeeIs it correct?No. He prefers staying [at] home to going out with his friends.CB
Please explain to me why you used ( Gerund ) in this sentence
staying _to going
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sanam khanstaying _to going
To is a preposition in the sentence and all prepositions are followed by a gerund if a verb follows.

He prefers summer to winter.
He prefers cycling to walking.

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