Thread: prefer+gerund, prefer +to+infinitive
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Old 24-Nov-2007, 19:05
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Default Re: prefer+gerund, prefer +to+infinitive
#4 is incorrect. It should be, I prefer to drive rather than walk. A native speaker would be more likely to put it, I prefer to drive (to school) than walk (there). Else, it might be, I prefer driving to walking.

Are you then asking, when each of the forms might be used rather than one of the other ways of expressing the same idea?
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