Prefer to or prefer over?
Which of the following structures/constructions is correct?
1) To prefer something/someone to something/someone else
2) To prefer something/someone over something/someone else
Thank you.
Top answer
You see both. "To" is the plainer version. I think there is some difference in use, but I can't think of an example where one is clearly wrong.
- You see both.
- "To" is the plainer version.
- I think there is some difference in use, but I can't think of an example where one is clearly wrong.
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You see both. "To" is the plainer version. I think there is some difference in use, but I can't think of an example where one is clearly wrong.
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Both are OK, but 'to' is used much more than 'over' in that context.
'over' has only begun to be used a little more in the last 30 years. Before that it was hardly used at all with 'prefer'.
I'd stick to the more standard 'to'.
CJ
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