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Originally Posted by David L.  #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? |
I agree grammatically this
may wrong due to lack of parallelism.
I prefer to drive rather than (to) walk.
But in speaking English I have certainly heard it said,
I prefer to drive rather than walking.
Also the gerund form of walk can replace the infinitive form and fill the same function in the sentence.